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At 06:41 PM 9/30/98 -0400, Steven J. Sobol wrote: >On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 05:22:57PM -0400, Barry Shein wrote: > >> If .com were used, for example, only for Slobbovian Universities, were >> being managed by one to the exclusion of other uses, etc, then perhaps >> it would be a good reason to consider decommissioning .com. >> >> And if the .to domain is not in any way being used as a TLD for the >> Kingdom of Tonga, but instead is being used only as a safe harbor for >> what appear to be malicious activities, then perhaps it should be >> decommissioned. >> >> Is that simple enough? > >I've already given you one example of a domain not used for porn. > >Here's another one: bounce.to, another redirection service. > >I'm sure I can find others. > >Of course, according to you, the TLD is rogue unless there are absolutely >no bad apples. > >By this logic, I can argue for UUNet to turn off their circuit to you >if I have solid proof of *ONE* of your customers spamming. > >Yes, I know, your argument is that a majority of the domains are porn >domains (not that that, in itself, is hard evidence of criminal activity) >and are used to spam. Prove "a majority." Actually, by his argument, the entire country of the Netherlands should be arrested becasue the allow legal prostitution, a criminal activity in "white bread" New Hampshire. ___________________________________________________ Roeland M.J. Meyer, ISOC (InterNIC RM993) e-mail: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] Internet phone: hawk.mhsc.com Personal web pages: <http://www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer>www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer Company web-site: <http://www.mhsc.com/>www.mhsc.com/ ___________________________________________ I bet the human brain is a kludge. -- Marvin Minsky |