[95804] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: summarising [was: Re: ICANNs role]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert E. Seastrom)
Wed Apr 4 11:21:15 2007
To: <michael.dillon@bt.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
From: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs@seastrom.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:20:30 -0400
In-Reply-To: <D03E4899F2FB3D4C8464E8C76B3B68B025D31B@E03MVC4-UKBR.domain1.systemhost.net> (michael dillon's message of "Wed, 4 Apr 2007 15:28:42 +0100")
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
<michael.dillon@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)
