[governance] new gTLDs

[Fahd A. Batayneh]

Milton,

On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

>  ** **
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:
> governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] *On Behalf Of *parminder
> Ø  For a different perspective, see
> http://www.internetgovernance.org/2012/08/16/us-congress-joins-saudi-arabia-in-net-censorship-extravaganza/
>
>  **
>

A huge fan of your writings. You mentioned in your article that:

"*The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia thinks so, and wants to censor it. Not just
in their little kingdom but globally, by insisting that ICANN not allow it.*
"

Two points here:

   - I would have preferred to say "Some Saudi Citizens" (or any other
   appropriate phrasing) since the comments made do not reflect the opinion of
   the Saudi government or the entire Saudi population. Why do I say so?....
   Because many people in the Arab world barely know anything about the New
   gTLD program, or better "*Do Not Care*"!
   - A small kingdom? I do not think so. The second largest oil producer in
   the world, the 13th largest country in terms of geography in the world, and
   a close ally of the USA definitely does not entitle it to be called "a
   small kingdom". Even more, if it was a "Small Kingdom", the West would have
   not had strong bonds with it and given it the soft cushion it has refused
   to give to any other country in the world.

Once the many TLDs that they have commented on - and I have too - are
delegated and active, it is a matter of a simple rule on the "Great Saudi
Arabian Firewall" (mind you with the term since it is always used for the
Chinese Firewall) to block them all.

The Saudi's - and for that matter many Muslims around the world - see these
kind of TLDs as violating to the basics of the Islamic religion. Islam
rejects pornography, trans-sexuality, gay/lesbianism... and any other form
of sexual act that almost every religion in this planet opposes to.

P.S. I am not trying to get into any religious debates here, but I am
trying to explain the views and concerns of the comments comming out of
Saudi Arabia and many other Arab/Muslim countries. I myself being a father
would strongly oppose to my kids being exposed to such TLDs at their tender
young age.

Fahd

**
> ____________________________________________________________
> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>      governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> To be removed from the list, visit:
>      http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing
>
> For all other list information and functions, see:
>      http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance
> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
>      http://www.igcaucus.org/
>
> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.igcaucus.org/pipermail/governance/attachments/20120817/41593a2b/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
____________________________________________________________
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
     governance at lists.igcaucus.org
To be removed from the list, visit:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing

For all other list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance
To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/

Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t