[83613] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Blocking certain terrorism/porn sites and DNS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Thu Aug 18 20:10:09 2005
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:09:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
To: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20050818095312.A335@cgi.jachomes.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> I believe you've mispelt "Al Q'aeda".
>
> You see the problem.
*Especially* with respect to English translations of Arabic names. How
many different ways are there to spell Saddam Husein? For that matter, how
many different spellings did the media outlets use for Moammar Quaddafi?
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