My letter to Cox

Dear Mr. Rizley:

I am writing in response to some disturbing news in the world of the Internet. Recently, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the .XXX domain for pornography distributors to use on the Internet. As a concerned citizen and mother I am writing to ask your company to not allow the .XXX domain to be used on your servers. Pornography tears apart marriages and families. It leads to violence such as sexual abuse and rape. I plead with you to take a stand against this filth.

 After reading through your policies I noticed this statemet:

“Cox reserves the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials from the Service, in whole or in part, that Cox deems, in its sole discretion, to be illegal, offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable.”

I would say that pornography on the internet is “illegal, offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable” and that you should do all you can to remove it from your service and servers. Did you know that there are federal laws that prohibit the distribution of hard core pornography? However, the Attorney General is not enforcing these laws. Unfortunately, pornography distributors know this and freely distribute their filth using media, especially the Internet. Now, they have a domain they can call “home” where Internet users can easily access pornography and feed their addictions.

I praise you for your efforts to educate families through the “Take Charge” program. Once my son, who is 2 years old, is old enough to be using computers I plan on applying those principles.

Sincerely,

It was a little intimidating writing Cox because they are such a big company. Who knows if a little voice like mine will be heard?