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Old 12-16-2006   #25
Grump
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Default Re: The whole directnic thing could be the best thing

I have 2 reservations about this. On one hand we have Directnic attempting to enforce the laws. That is supposed to be the job of only government agencies and for a reason, they are regulated in what they can and can't do. The legislative branch of the government makes the laws, the judicial branch judges the laws, and then the enforcement agencies enforce these laws.

Directnic, or any other company, has no such oversight. This is just asking for problems, it is called vigilante justice and there's a reason it is not a good thing, it gets out of hand.

I am not saying that Directnic is right or wrong, just wondering who's standards they are applying as judge and jury here. Legal standards are supposed to be set by the government, not individuals with no oversight.

A registrar owned by a company or person with strong religious beliefs could use this same logic to make similar claims against any adult domain, that in thier view it is improper. They feel it is obscene, therefore it should be locked and removed and the precedent for this has been set by Directnic.

If Directnic sees problems, they should do as any other private or corporate entity does, report it to the proper authorities and let them do thier job.

The other thing I see is more and more people are judging content by how they think others will percieve it and not based on the content itself. A photo is obscene or not based on the contents of the photo, not by how you or I think someone else will view it. We all see things differently, I may think this model is hot while you may not, thats opinion.

To judge legality based on opinion and not law is dangerous, as who's opinion is right? Your's, mine, thier's??

Very worrisome.
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