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Holy fuktards.
Those bashing Tom, are completely misdirected, and doing more harm in your ignorance of the issues than any constructive criticism.
Tom has been and continues to be a voice of reason to those that oppose the adult industry. He has been against .XXX from the beginning, and his role at Xbiz as publisher has placed him in a position where ICM can be asked questions and bring transparency to a very murky and muddy pond.
What is "the fight" that people want to do? What protest? Where's the organization, the direction, the focus, and the plan for such activities?
What do you think can be done to stop .XXX, other than flaming xbiz?
I personally don't think much can be done, and that has clearly been demonstrated by the lack of webmaster's even posting up.
Even if posting up was futile, it would atleast give an outlet for the continued outrage over .xxx
ICM claims they have over 1,000 adult webmasters who have sent them emails of support. Doesn't matter if you believe that or not, we couldn't get 1,000 adult webmasters posting up against .XXX the last time, and even worse numbers showed up this time.. in fact, probably more pro-.XXX supporter numbers are there.
I believe .XXX will get approved by ICANN through the information i have received, so the issue now is to get out of the stage of denial, and focus on the aftermath issues of when it gets approved, and what that means for individual businesses and as an industry as a whole.
You may think that xbiz supports .xxx, but there is pen to paper documentation of adult companies who gave support to .XXX a few years back.
What stopped .XXX last time, wasn't the adult biz.. it was the Department of Commerce, the religious groups, and the members of ICANN/GAC that objected on various terms of the .XXX agreement. Tom did play a key part of that in delivering to ICANN, Larry Flynt's position against .XXX.. but there were other forces at work that did the bigger pounding.
The objections from the last round were being worked on when we thought this was all over, and now, it appears the i's have been dotted, and t's have been crossed on the agreement language.
I hope Tom sees past the few people making the negative comments towards him to know there is a greater amount who are reading and watching who appreciate his efforts in the charge and his efforts in all issues that affect webmasters.
I know that i am continually vigilant, and for those that say i am not "part of the biz" because i am not a pornographer, a big GFY salute.. i have given more time and effort in the various controversial issues to help webmasters undestand and deal with the issues than any content/pornsite has done.
I understand the emotional place where the sentiment is coming from, but it is misdirected and turning on ones own.
Fight the .XXX!
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