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Originally Posted by mikesouth
WHAT?????
Did I read that right? The FSC saved us friom .XXX
nonsense....our comments to ICAAN saved us the FSC didnt even get involved until the last minute...early on they wanted to sell us out to ICMR for 8 dollars a domain....The FSC saying they killed .XXX is ludicrous.
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Mike... I meet you in person and I say to myself... "This is a good guy, you can tell from talking to him... his heart is in the right place." Then, I see you post on the boards and I want to pull out my hair! Haha... you just say the most absurd things sometimes. Keep this up and I'll have as much hair left as Dave Cummings! ;)
I suppose it's really pointless to get into a back and forth with you on GFY because you're very unlikely to admit that you are wrong. But, you are indeed wrong. Again.
While it's possible that some people at the FSC wanted to deal with ICM Registry back in "the day" (we're talking like 2002) ... I wouldn't know, as I wasn't there then ... the FSC absolutely and completely saved us from .XXX at the end of the day. You're so wrong about how you characterize this that you make Tony Snow look like a beacon of truth. First, even if a few board members DID want to work with ICM back in 2002, they were just that... a FEW board members representing their own opinions, NOT the organization as a whole. The important thing is that the FSC did make the RIGHT decision even back then, and sent ICM packing. The FSC, unlike a number of well known and still respected businesses, did NOT write any letter of support for .XXX or ICM, even in 2002. That can't be said for a bunch of businesses with whom many of the people reading this are probably still doing business and giving money to. So, you're harassing the wrong entity. If you want to do some investigating and expose the REAL culprits then by all means do so, I'd LOVE to see that thread... but please get it right, Mike, because it's not noble when you get it wrong. And you might want to try to seek more than just the word of some anonymous "contact," because people have agendas and often try to damage the reputations of their competitors, especially when you're "anonymous" and don't have to answer to what they are saying. I recommend you look for a smoking gun, like any signed letters of support... THAT would give you something to post about. Maybe there's a process by which you can force ICANN to release documents to you?
The people who did the most to oppose .XXX, other than myself, were Tom Hymes (who you previously slandered/libeled by getting facts wrong), Jeffrey Doungals (who you tarnish in this thread), Reed Lee, Brandon Shalton and Diane Duke in the short time she had once she got here. All of these people are/were FSC people, except for Shalton. Only the FSC sent representative to TWO of the ICANN meetings. Only the FSC addressed ICANN in person. Only FSC people spent any time talking to the former big supporters of .XXX and getting them to change their position. Both Reed and Jeffrey spent their personal time helping myself and Tom prepare for the debates against ICM.
So I wonder... why spend so much time and energy attacking the ONLY industry entity that did anything significant in the .XXX fight when there are in fact plenty of entities that you could target who would certainly deserve the scrutiny?
I know you're a good guy Mike, I'd just like to see all your energy put to some CONSTRUCTIVE use rather than hurting people who did not earn the grief and who should actually be getting our praise. Get the REAL bad guys for once.
