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Originally Posted by u-Bob
There are a lot of things governments enforce these days, things people once considered unenforceable...
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Yep, for example, starting in the early 1990s, laws restricting the type of toilets one buy and install in their own home.
http://www.sepp.org/Archive/reality/lowflush.html
And beginning in 2012 regular traditional incandescent light bulbs will no longer be legally available. And sometime between 2014-2020, the restrictions are set to get even tighter with many "exempted" bulbs no longer be allowed either.
http://www.aboutlightingcontrols.org...ergy_law.shtml
Bottom line is the fear of laws requiring using .XXX is well justified - the government already restricts many things / activities that years ago, to reiterate the point the u-Bob makes, seemed improbable.
Never underestimate what the government can do - first assume the worst and then push back (ie. write comments to ICANN, etc) / plan accordingly (ie. be prepared to move into .xxx, if it comes to pass).
Ron