SilenceGold
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Benton, AR | Independence?
Believer in Freedom. |
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B
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join:2000-10-28
| Irrelevant
It's irrelevant. To just about everything.
Nothing of any significance will change due to this.
If the new Puritans in the US get control of the Internet, it will happen regardless of the availability of a particular TLD.
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
1 edit | So?
quote:
...and ushers in a new age where anything deemed unsightly is cordoned off and filtered by domain name (like controversial political speech).
They can say whatever they want, doesn't mean people have to be exposed to it. This is the same dumbass argument made by spammers and junkfaxers...free speech. Free speech is standing on a street corner spouting whatever stupid sh!t you want to spout, not hijacking my services that I pay for to advertise to me. I have just as much right to filter and cordon, or subscribing to a provider who filters and cordons as they do to say what they're saying.
No one is banning anything...just making it easier for people who don't want to see/hear/read to exercise their right not to see/hear/read it.
And it's not the ones looking to avoid it that are Ghettoitizing things...it's the smut peddlers who use every trick in the book from traps and domain hijacking to using misspellings of popular sites to get hits on their pages who are doing that quite well on their own.
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Minister
join:2002-01-02
Fleeting | quote:
No one is banning anything...
YET |
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jmuskratt
join:2000-11-21
New Orleans, LA | Blah blah...
Commercial porn is far from being protected speech. |
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slick2684
We Can't Stop Here. This Is Bat Country.
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join:2003-11-15
Santa Barbara, CA
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| So?
What, exactly, is this going to do for us? Nothing...do you think Hustler will give up www.hustler.com and move to www.hustler.xxx? Hell no, they'll add the domain. Its not a mandatory switch, its just opening a gateway for millions of new porn sites (and knockoff sites).
Useless.
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DaveNJ
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join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
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·Patriot Media
| reply to oliphant
I agree with the domain idea, but i think what should be enforced is a tag, which the browser can sense, and restrict viewing of the page. Like "content=xxx". This way regardless of domain the page can be filtered by the user.
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
| reply to Minister
The world hasn't ended YET...either.
I think the world ending would be a YET or higher concern.
When there is talk of this YET becoming an IS...then it can be addressed. Until then it is simple paranoia.
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anonpronman
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Well it's about time that we get our own domain name.. Sex is the Oldest industry yet that last to get recognition that it deserves.. as for Ghettoization I'd say what is dot com.
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Roundboy
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Drexel Hill, PA
| reply to jmuskratt
Re: Blah blah...
said by jmuskratt  :Commercial porn is far from being protected speech. What? This is EXACTLY the type of thing free speech covers.
Just because a minority of people hate something, doesn't mean it needs to go away.
Yes.. minority. if the MAJORITY hated porn.. it wouldn't exist in the quanity it does now.
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Minister
join:2002-01-02
Fleeting
| reply to oliphant
Re: So?
And words are but wind.
I'm very glad you're so optimistic. I wouldn't write it off as paranoia, though. Given the current cultural and political climate, it's something worth discussing, since it impacts the structure of the Internet for many years to come.... |
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | That may be true for the domestic political climate, but not global political climate.
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markopoleo
join:2003-04-02
Bonne Terre, MO
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| $60 they complain? lol
I doubt they won't complain about moving for a measly $60. Porn sights bring that in like water a hour.
The real hurdle is porn sites complaining about reserved names under .xxx. www.porn.xxx for example would be wanted by every porn site out there, even the small porn websites. |
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crippy
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some place | stupidity
its stupid, why would a person waste $60 on a .xxx domain if they can get a .com or .net for just $6 or around that price.. |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
| reply to Minister
Re: So?
Keep in mind this is just a url designation. It's not trampling on constitutional rights or restricting access to anything. It's an optional format adult sites can use. Conspiracy theories are all well and good, but this is hardly a reason to be worried. |
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cdru
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| reply to slick2684
Yup. It's a day late and a dollar short. If originally all porn sites were filed under the .xxx it might work, or if there was some type of a world-mandate (never gonna happen), but not any more. Companies will just register the .xxx. domain and redirect that site to their .com (or vice versa). Many have spent money to "brand" their .com site and aren't going to just give it up without a huge fight.
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
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Re: Blah blah...
said by Roundboy :This is EXACTLY the type of thing free speech covers. How? How is having a .xxx designation trampling over free speech? Some adult sites would welcome the option. Oh yeah... you do know it's an option, right? Nobody is being forced into using it. |
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garagerock
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join:2002-06-14
Louisville, KY | Confusing
How are they going to force anyone to move their site to another domain name? If I own cheesekornkliff.com (for example), and it is deemed too "pornographic" by the morally upright, how are they going to force me to change to cheesekornkliff.xxx? |
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AthlGrond
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join:2002-04-25
Aurora, CO
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| reply to Minister
Re: So?
said by Minister :I wouldn't write it off as paranoia, though. Obviously. Since you are the one spouting the paranoia. 
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TimSpencer
join:2001-05-18
Arvada, CO
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| reply to cdru
If I'm blocking all .xxx domains, I don't care if there's a redirect from .com to .xxx. My kids won't be able to hit the .xxx because it's blocked at my gateway (in theory)...the redirect would fail.
I like the idea of .xxx, if for no other reason then the fact it could make content filtering that much easier. I'm all for free speech, and I don't think forcing .com porn sites to redirect their traffic to a .xxx address infringes upon their rights in any way. It just simplifies the filtering process for parents and network admins.
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