Consider yourself lucky!
If you wanted to register a turkish domain you'd probably commit suicide. I
am a web designer and I am willing to contribute to a mass movement
organization against these stupid domain registration policies all over the
world. Just tell me how I can help.
Regards,
Savash
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From: Bob's Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 11:10 PM
Subject: RE: Return expired domain to the available pool
> > Your sentiments are seconded. But you're telling the wrong
> > people. You should
> > bring the matter to the attention of ICANN, who are ultimately
> > responsible.
> > Write an open letter on the subject and send it to them. Put it on your
> > website, and set up a script to allow people to co-sign it. I'll
> > be the first.
>
> I understand the sentiment. Whether I get round to it is another thing, I
> have always considered trying to talk to slow moving, dinosaur
bureaucracies
> like ICANN('t) a short path to nervous breakdown. I wouldn't call myself
an
> anarchist by any stretch of the imagination, but even *thinking* about
> bureaucracy and committees and bloody sub-committees in general makes me
> reach for the Whisky...
>
> I left the UK in disgust many years ago, while I was in the 40% tax
bracket
> and they were spending my money paying fat politicians in Brussels / the
EEC
> to regulate on the size, colour and shape a banana has to be before you're
> allowed to import it. Heading up some sort of protest movement to take on
> the likes of ICANN gives me the willies...
>
> (Anyone who understands that, has been to Scotland :)
>
> If I was to do it, I'd sure like to tackle ARIN at the same time over
their
> ludicrous insistence that we all switch to 'virtual hosting'...
>
> Regards
>
> Bob
>
>
