OMG!!!
I will have to tell him that, based on direct empirical experience with an 11-year old, millions of children use it routinely
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Subject: [NCSG-Discuss] WTF?
For those of who know Mike from Council, ICANN parties, etc., this is mildly amusing, ironic, or something…
In a comment submitted by Mike Rodenbaugh on behalf of the World Trade Center Association (WTCA), they think the .WTF extension should not be approved by ICANN for being “Too Vulgar”…."Generally, ICANN ought not be allowing an accredited
TLD operator to sell domain names specifically centering on that 'F-word,' which is vulgar and offensive to many people...ICANN’s Applicant Guidebook states that a TLD should not be approved if the applied-for gTLD string is contrary to generally accepted
legal norms of morality and public order that are recognized under principles of international law….The word’s use is considered obscene in social contexts…. In the modern English-speaking world, the word […] is often considered highly offensive….The word
also carries a sacrilegious connotation to some. Many religious people oppose the use of profane, vulgar, and 'curse' words which they see as offensive to a deity."
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William J. Drake
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Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
University of Zurich, Switzerland
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