.XXX Domain for Pornographic Websites

Efforts are being made in Washington to push through a proposal to create a .xxx domain name for pornographic websites. What that means is that pornographic web content would have the option to use a .xxx at the end of their web url instead of the usual .com or .net. Support for the proposal is split.

Supporters of the idea believe that the creation of such a .xxx domain name will allow the filtering of pornographic content to be much easier whereby our children would be more protected. The problem is that porn websites would not be required to use the new domain name. My feeling is that porn sites are not going to do anything that would limit the number of hits they will receive to their sites. For the most part, the only domains available today are .com, .net, .gov, .edu, .us. These are to signify a government, school or national status. The feeling is that to create a .xxx domain is in some way elevating the porn industry to that kind of status.

I remain completely in the dark about pornographic content on the web, except that it is an absolute killer. Children are able to view the most sickening content with only one click. I am in favor of anything that would lessen the ease of our young people getting to this filth. I just don't know if this is the answer.