[political pontification] Re: Turkey has switched Root-Servers

Saudi Arabia, Iran, Northern Nigeria, and China are not likely to have the same liberal views as, say, the Netherlands or Denmark. Saudi Arabia and China, like some other nations, extensively filter their Internet connection and have created government agencies to protect their society from web sites that officials view as immoral.

and in the united states, we're madly hiring new fbi agents to protect our society from web sites our officials view as immoral. randy