Moderates propose .XXX domain

To the San Francisco CHRONICLE:

Filtering*, whether manual or programmed, would work better
if adults-only sites could voluntarily choose appropriate top-level domains,
such as ".xxx" or ".adult".
Such adult domain names would virtually say "Juveniles, keep out!"

But the fascist Bush regime has, so far, prevented ICANN from allowing ".xxx".**

Will Congress intervene?

Tortuga Bi LIBERTY,
San Francisco

12 February 2006

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/12/FILTERING.TMP
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[ August 2005:]
http://news.com.com/Bush+administration+objects+to+.xxx+domains/2100-1028_3-5833764.html

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[ February 2006:]

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/local/story.asp?ID=115170

" Bill would create .xxx domain for porn

Mary Clare Jalonick
Associated Press
February 6, 2006
©2006Associated Press

WASHINGTON – It's rare that Christian conservatives and the pornography industry agree on anything. But a congressional proposal to create a new Internet domain has made odd bedfellows of the two groups.

Some moderate Democrats in Congress are pushing for an Internet red-light district where pornography would be isolated on a ".xxx" domain. Conservatives and the adult entertainment industry are fighting the idea – but for dramatically different reasons.

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., is crafting the legislative package that would require the Department of Commerce to create the new domain name. Pornographic Web sites would be required to abandon their ".com" addresses, ideally consolidating them all in one Internet neighborhood. [....] "
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[ Note by TBL:
Alliance between fascists and pornographers?
This reminds me of when Oklahoma was a "dry" state.
Whenever there was a referendum on the issue, bootleggers and fundis united to continue Prohibition of alcoholic beverages.]
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