Re: new domain names

Well, a .org could easily be defined by non-profit tax status which is
easily provable, but I don't think anyone is going to bother.
Kate Pollara

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Temer" <temer(at)c-zone.net>
To: "HWGBASICS" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: new domain names


> Bill:
>
> I--for one--have never heard of the requirement that the suffix .edu be
> limited to "four year colleges".
>
> Of course, I must quickly qualify this by saying that although Fuzzy
claims
> to be the most uninformed person on this list, I truly suspect the "honor"
> goes to me.
>
> Still--a little over a year ago, my client, Tri-Media Marketing, did a web
> site for one of those religious "propaganda" centers--not a school, just a
> place to hand out publicity--and he had no trouble setting up the site
with
> a .edu domain name. I also see several self styled "training" centers use
> .edu and they are about as commercial as you can get.
>
> As to .org, where would anyone EVER draw the line. Certainly I think my
> Radio Control model airplane club is an organization. In fact, just what
IS
> an organization?? To the Republicans and Democrats, each may consider
their
> own party to be .gov and the other's party to be .com. (or worse)
But--they
> are both pretty well organized.
>
> The Ku Klux Klan for example--may be filled with what are universally
> considered to be evil and rather less than the "sharpest" of individuals,
> but they are still an organization. So--who is to say they can not use an
> .org domain. (Actually www.kkk.org/ comes up to a page titled Visual.com
> offering vanity e-mail and a lot of links. Go, figure??)
>
> Or they could be a .net for that matter. Come to that, just what IS a
> network?? (Don't try www.kkk.net or you'll spend the next fifteen minutes
> closing mysterious pop-ups.)
>
> It seems to me that this is a very, very ambiguous area that would be
> imposable to define and even harder to keep track of. And I would think it
> would soon lead us down the black and evil path toward censorship.
>
> It is sort of like some self righteous moron, setting out with a twelve
bore
> shotgun to rid the world of what he considers undesirables. After he is
> finished with rock "musicians" and TV evangelists, where does he stop??
But
> of course, if this guy IS a rock listener  ... ?????
>
> Hey--We might ALL have to hide.
>
> Best wishes
> Ted Temer
> Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
> temer(at)c-zone.net
> www.temercraft.com/novels/
> www.newsredding.com/
> www.ramac-rc.org/
>
>
>
>
> > I read someplace that only four year colleges and universities were
> allowed to use .edu addresses and that they were actually taking them away
> from community colleges.
> >
> > A similar situation has been rumored for .org addresses.
> >
> >
> > Bill Austin, President, http://aztec.asu.edu/
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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