Re: TLD Inter-Fact

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 4:16 PM -0500 11/28/96, Bob Allisat wrote:

> I wrote:
> >>  There are more than 200
> >>  nations on the current
> >>  political face of the
> >>  Earth. However there are
> >>  8,000 cultures worldwide
> >>  which claim nationhood or
> >>  independance. Catalunia,
> >>  Quebec and Tibet are but
> >>  three of these thousands
> >>  of distinct peoples.
> >>
> >>  The new Top Level Domain
> >>  names must respect and
> >>  recognize this fact of
> >>  potentially thousaneds of
> >>  nations existing very soon.
> >>  Babel? Perhaps. Reality?
> >>  Bet on it.
>
> Jamie wrote:
> >Why do they need TLDs? Why not a SLD?
>
>  Nationhood demands identity. A flag,
>  symbols and a unique address in the
>  world of post electronic or otherwise.
>

The People's Republic of North Hollywood formally request their own
Internet without the inclusion of Hollywood (which is located seven
miles to the south). North Hollywood's independance has been claimed
over a period of hundreds of ever increasingly tasteless movies (the
final straw being "The Net").

North Hollywood cites bag persons, homeless "actors", convicted record
label bosses, indicted movie industry executives, celebrity murderers,
and "more Hollywood phychiatric cases than the official per capita
statistics" as distinct differences between the two conflicting Los
Angeles cultures.

North Hollywood is located between Hollywood (Universal Studios &
Paramount), Burbank (Disney Channel, Warner Bros.), Sun Valley (Babylon
5 lot), and Van Nuys (Melrose Place, 90210, & more porn than anyone
could ever indulge).

In defense of accusations that North Hollywood does indeed participate
in the entertainment industry, a spokesman said that it is an innocent
victim of geographical circumstance, citing movies such as Pulp Fiction
"which was mostly shot in a house in Toluca Lake, they just used North
Hollywood because it was on the way there anyway".

Have a happy turkey day.


Simon

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