summarising [was: Re: ICANNs role]

Wed Apr 4 15:20:30 UTC 2007

<michael.dillon at bt.com> writes:

> Same with buying a handgun in most states and in Canada. Same with
> opening a business in most jurisdictions. You have to go to cityhall and
> apply for a license first. Why should domain name registries be special
> and be exempt from these normal processes of vetting and registering?

Analogies that compare to a postulated situation which is patently
false are amusing, but non-constructive.  You might wish to bone up on
your understanding of US firearms law (preferably from a source other
than CSI or Law & Order [insert standard disparaging comment about the
mass media getting anything they cover, including the Internet, wrong
here]) before you embarrass yourself with another faulty analogy
involving guns.

                                        ---Rob (Senior NRA Training
                                                Counselor)