Remember, even I am not saying that need is zero.
- There is a desperate need for at least one, and best maybe a few, gTLDs, in each IDN script.
- It would be nice if there was a registry or two that did not need to make money directly from selling 2LDs and might give them away for free (though with the entry of Google and others that may indeed happen) -- THAT is the "business model innovation" this world really needs, not more approaches to speculative, duplicate and defensive registrations.
- A few with higher levels of security/accountability than existing policy requires might be nice (ie for financial transactions)
These needs could be accomplished easily by adding double (or maybe triple) the gTLDs that now exist. Anything beyond that is vanity, needless duplication, confusion and challenges to both providers and consumers of Internet services without any adding of value. More phone books without more phones. And yes, I would toss in this "vanity" lot, most geographic and community TLDs.