The red-light district of the Internet

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Well, ICANN, the people who control the domain names and extensions (such as .com, .net., .org, etc.) have created some new ones, most notably .xxx, specifically for porn sites.

I think this is a wonderful idea. If you can get all of the porn sites to adhere to this new domain, it would prevent a lot of accidental exposures to porn by children.

A few years back, I was looking for a schedule of our local museum for a particular event. I went to the obvious page and got an eyeful. Thankfully that porn site is no longer in existence (I just checked), but it proves that anybody can happen across porn with a click of the mouse.

The only problem I see is they are charging $60 a year instead of the normal $6 a year. I don't think that is exactly fair, but with all of the money being made by porn, I can understand a little price gouging.

Let's hope all porn sites end up under this domain.

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