[At-Large] [GTLD-WG] ALAC New gTLD statement

[John L]

> .xxx was not a special case. It was included in the last round of gTLDs.
> There are other that are not yet into the root like .post.

.XXX was in practice a special case because of all of the political 
attention it attracted.  If it had been the 1000th new TLD, it wouldn't 
have been a big deal, but it was about the 10th so it was. The same 
problem will occur with any new domain that has moral or political 
implications, and the current plan which (roughly) gives anyone in the 
world a veto on moral grounds isn't going to work.

> I think we need to find a way less heavy to introduce new gTLDs.

Indeed, but the current rush job is not the right way to do it.

R's,
John