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Subject: I object to this proposal

From: The American Hyphen Society <americanhyphensociety@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:21:36 +0100 Members of the ICANN board, On behalf of the American Hyphen Society, I profoundly object to this proposal. Established in 1862, the AHS is the second largest national association dedicated to the dignity and preservation of hyphens, em dashes, en dashes, underscores, half of the Morse Code, and other laterally oriented grammatical operators. For almost a century and a half, the AHS has campaigned tirelessly against the exploitation of hyphens in the USA and globally. I encourage the ICANN board to visit our web site, where you can view YouTube videos of our recent charity fundraising event, at which we auctioned items donated by Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen, raising over $100,000 towards the napalm destruction of Winston-Salem, NC. We respectfully request that ICANN reject VeriSign Information Service's barefaced attempt to irresponsibly introduce more hyphens into the wild. Specifically, we appeal directly to chairman Peter Dengate Thrush (you're clearly already sympathetic to our cause) to stop this madness before it starts. As a compromise, perhaps VeriSign could be encouraged to replace hyphens with minus signs? As a mathematical operator, the AHS has no objection to minus signs. Sincerely, Herbert Thomas-Potts President The American Hyphen Society <<< Chronological Index >>> Thread Index >>>