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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat
no point in engaging in debates with Mr Lawley if we simply don't want this domain and we still have chances to make ICANN reject .xxx
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The main reason not to attempt to debate with Mr Lawley is that I suspect you would be wasting your time. He is in the fortunate position of not actually having to debate with anyone: he presents his application and for reasons which probably have little to do with the application itself, ICANN have so far rejected it. Then Lawley addresses the stated concerns and tries again.
In just the same way that Lawley is unlikely to have the slightest interest in protecting minors, but uses that emotive subject as a lever, ICANN don't want to say they gave in to pressure from so-and-so, therefore they rationalize their objections.
In other words, the public debate is a farce, window dressing. It is extremely difficult to avoid the impression that Lawley has someone on the inside at ICANN, someone with enough clout to prevent this issue being put to rest, but not enough to push it through. With the money at stake, I guess Lawley will just keep coming back until/if that changes.