Re: [ga] Re: Potential Danger Ahead for Registrants -- dot-info Abusive Domain Use Policy

[George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

To elaborate on "due process." There's a famous award-winning film, "A
Man for All Seasons" from the 1960s, based on the play, that had a
memorable scene:

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"William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!

Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the
law to get after the Devil?

William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!

Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil
turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being
flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast,
Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the
man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds
that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my
own safety's sake!"
------ end of quote --------

"For my own safety's sake" what is the protective language in the
Afilias policy? In the rush to label some domains as "abusive" in the
name of "security," due process is eliminated. Even the Devil (real
abusers, spammers, etc.) deserves the benefit of law (and due process),
in order to protect everyone else from the anarachy that would result
without laws and due process.

"Where would you hide" (what language in the contract do you rely
upon), when "the Devil turned 'round on you?" (when the registry
operator summarily finds your domain to be "abusive" in its own
discretion, its own definition of "abuse" and cancels it)

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
http://www.kirikos.com/