I just re-read M. Gallagher’s letter to the ICANN chairman regarding concerns about the proposed .XXX domain. Have you noticed that these 6000 complaints represent only 0.002% of the current US population ? and 0.00009 % of the world population ? In which democratic context could such a small group block a process ?
This would be equivalent to having 9 Luxemburgers (total pop. 450,000) writing to complain. Would ICANN have taken that seriously and blocked a process to please 9 people ?
The Internet is for everyone and no netizens should get a better treatement than others.
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Thanks for the numbers, Patrick.
I wish I could be as surprised by them as you. Unfortunately, I’ve been paying close, internal attention to the dialogue for some time, and know too well how insanely out of balance they are.
Whatever the outcome of DOTXXX, whatever becomes of the porn industry, I know (well, I hope) we’ll look back at these events and wonder how we could have been so distracted at such an important moment for the Web.
Jack Mardack