Not to add to your cynicism, but apparently religion ('.church'),
children ('.kids') or anything negative ('.sucks') are also potentially
sensitive (and hence not allowed online either?), say the house/senate
judiciary committees:
http://www.leahy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/8-7-12%20Letter%20from%20Senate%20and%20House%20Judiciary%20Committees.pdf
Also some shots there at the Trademark clearinghouse notification
process....
(sorry if this is a repost....)
Best,
Tamir
On 8/15/2012 5:18 PM, Andrei Barburas wrote:
> If I learned something by being a techie, is to expect the unexpected;
> literally from anyone.
>
> From the reasons behind their objections, for me it seems like
> currently, online, there is no sex or gambling or anything at all
> related to babies online.
>
> I might be overreacting or exaggerating a bit, but I do not see the
> rationale behind some of their objections.
>
>
>
> *Andrei Barburas*
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> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> > On the other hand, it seems like the potential of the new gTLDs
> is still a bit misunderstood, simply because some "techies"
> believe that ICANN is creating new "Internets".
>
> I would be shocked if there was a single Internet technical person
> on the planet who thought that the creation of new gTLDs was the
> creation of new Internets
>
> avri
>
>
> On 15 Aug 2012, at 21:50, Andrei Barburas wrote:
>
> > While the situation indeed is a bit "sad", I don't think it's
> unmanageable.
> >
> > What can also be mentioned is that the potential registrars of
> these gTLDs are respectable organizations (.baby, .virgin, etc).
> >
> > On the other hand, it seems like the potential of the new gTLDs
> is still a bit misunderstood, simply because some "techies"
> believe that ICANN is creating new "Internets".
> >
> > Just because there will be no gTLD like for example, .buddha,
> that doesn't mean that people will not be able to find information
> about Buddha. The same applies to gambling, sex, poker, tattoos
> and pretty much all the "moral grounds" the KSA based its objections.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >
> > Andrei Barburas
> > Community Relations Services Officer
> >
> > International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
> > P.O. Box 11586, 2502 AN The Hague, The Netherlands
> >
> > Mobile: +31 62 928 2879 <tel:%2B31%2062%20928%202879>
> > Phone: +31 70 311 7311 <tel:%2B31%2070%20311%207311>
> > Fax: +31 70 311 7322 <tel:%2B31%2070%20311%207322>
> > Website: www.iicd.org <http://www.iicd.org>
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> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Milton L Mueller
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> > This link doesn't get you directly to the article. I had to
> search for "ICANN" within the site
> > Maybe this link will work:
> http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/14/icann.receives.registration.complaints.on.moral.health.grounds/#ixzz23drBbmjd
> >
> > Once you get there, it is a good example of how GAC facilitates
> a censorship mentality. The Saudis should be publicly ridiculed
> for their absurd and restrictive ideas; they seem to think that
> because they have dirty minds they have the right to impute their
> own wild associations to the rest of us. For example, they
> objected to Johnson & Johnson's .baby because "there is a risk
> that this string is used in the same way as .XXX to host
> pornographic websites."
> >
> > Yes, and there is a risk that KSA might be used by someone as an
> acronym for Kiss my Ass. So Maybe the name of the Kingdom of Saudi
> Arabia should be banned...
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: NCSG-Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf
> > > Of Horacio T. Cadiz
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:39 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: [NCSG-Discuss] Saudi Arabia objects to some new gTLDs
> > >
> > > We've been discussing new gTLDs and HR. Milton objected to the
> > > statement: "Consideration of applications for new TLDs should be
> > > mindful of sensitivities."
> > >
> > > KSA objects to .virgin, .baby, and others
> > >
> > >
> http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/0/14/icann.receives.registration.co
> > > mplaints.on.moral.health.grounds/
> > >
> > >
> > > The sensitivities of the KSA have been aroused.
> > >
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