Re: [ga] .REL gTLD and the fear of 'crackpotisim'

[Matthew Pemble <matthew@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 29 April 2012 16:48, Jeffrey Williams <jwkckid2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> There are many opinions as to how such a definition of a
> 'Crackpot' religious organization might be identified or otherwise
> recognized prior to
> approval of registration in a .REL gTLD name space


The civilised world would generally consider a home address in the USA to
be a very strong hint. Neither necessary nor sufficient but strongly
correlated (and, even, causal.)


> After all the Vatican has it's own ccTLD.


Because the Vatican is, after all, a country. A small and rather dependant
one but it has its own Head of State, it appoints ambassadors, it even has
its own army.


>  Perhaps the Vatican is concerned about competition?


Probably not in the domain name space.

Perhaps the UN fears to tread on this ground?
>

What on God's green earth has this got to do with the UN?

M.


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