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UteStar · 08-17-2005, 06:12 PM

Sorry, I am not quite sure where to post this (religion, current events, etc.). There have been some articles out there recently about delaying the release of the .xxx domain. Basically what this does is that it forces sexually explicit websites to register under the .xxx domain name. I believe that there will be no more .coms, etc. for x-rated websites.

Then, I noticed that this is being blocked by the Bush administration...so my question is, why? I read that they don't want to be legitimizing these websites but doesn't it make sense to take them off the normal use of .com and push them to a domain name ending .xxx so that there is no mistaking what you are looking for. Besides the claim that it would legitimize these sites (which I think is a silly argument), is there any reason why this is not a good idea? thoughts? Down the road, I would love to see a way that you would have to register initially to visit any .xxx site, I just think that would cut out the inadvertent visiting of these sites. But maybe I am missing something.

08-17-2005, 06:12 PM	#1
UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	.xxx domain names... Sorry, I am not quite sure where to post this (religion, current events, etc.). There have been some articles out there recently about delaying the release of the .xxx domain. Basically what this does is that it forces sexually explicit websites to register under the .xxx domain name. I believe that there will be no more .coms, etc. for x-rated websites. Then, I noticed that this is being blocked by the Bush administration...so my question is, why? I read that they don't want to be legitimizing these websites but doesn't it make sense to take them off the normal use of .com and push them to a domain name ending .xxx so that there is no mistaking what you are looking for. Besides the claim that it would legitimize these sites (which I think is a silly argument), is there any reason why this is not a good idea? thoughts? Down the road, I would love to see a way that you would have to register initially to visit any .xxx site, I just think that would cut out the inadvertent visiting of these sites. But maybe I am missing something.