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In article <TRSNYDER.93Jan4145021@vf0031.mcs.drexel.edu> trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder) writes:
>In article <0QvRrAPBBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au> djk@boombox.apana.org.au (David Keegel) writes:
>
>   Because (f'r instance) .GOV ought to either mean "Governments of some
>   kind, all over the world" or "World governments".  Well, that's what
>   seems logical to me, anyway.
>
>Seems logical to me too.

>   Philosophicaly, I think the USA would look a lot less arrogant to the
>   rest of The Net if its govt depts/agencies were in gov.us or us.gov.
>   IMHO, the only govt with a right to be at the top level of .gov would
>   be the UN (unless they want to allow all comers).
>
>This is your opinion on how the net should be.  Not everyone agrees. Actually,
>I would probably argue that the UN is a organization, and falls under .org,

A similar debate is currently raging in can.domain too.  I tried
registering as rct.gov.ca and was refused by the ca domain authorities.
It was shortened to rct.ca ostensibly because gov is an American top
level domain anomaly.
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