It’s bizarre anyone could have a reason to find that odd, since there could scarcely be any topic more directly and irrefutably related to this thread (regardless of one’s take on whether ICANN acted inappropriately).

You’re essentially saying, “I have a different system of logic from the common one, and I want my system of logic to be considered the right one. So I’ll just treat it as ‘irrelevant’ as a baseless gainsaying rebuttal to anyone else’s line of thinking.” How very whiny.

I don't see how ICANN can be considered private enterprise, I doubt that's an uncommon "system of logic" and your argument has been predominantly mudslinging, first that I'm unable to understand the question and now that I'm "whiny."

Why does ICANN being “private enterprise” relate to the question of when it’s appropriate, in general, to consider the stated items? Whatever logic you’re applying here doesn’t make sense, and the certainty with which you think others should have to constrain topics of conversation to meet conditions of your confused logic absolutely comes off as entitled and whiny.

>Why does ICANN being “private enterprise” relate to the question of when it’s appropriate, in general, to consider the stated items?

As my original reply mentioned, if you control basic, necessary infrastructure your consideration of such things must be clear and strictly held. Those are the guidelines ICANN should follow, they set limits and must follow them.

Why would this be an area to discuss what guidelines other kinds of businesses should follow? It's an odd choice in my opinion, and my only advice to such businesses is "do as you wish."

And please stop the unnecessary insults. The only thing I have accused you of is mudslinging, and I don't feel there's any reason to call me "whiny" and "entitled" for possibly poorly wording my point.

> “ Why would this be an area to discuss what guidelines other kinds of businesses should follow?”

Because what guidelines to consider and why, in comparison with what ICANN considered, is highly relevant to the thread.

And is "it's entirely personal choice" not a fair answer to that? Some amount of convictions are false, why place unnecessary restrictions on yourself before knowing the exact situation?

I wonder if the concept of general availability from GPL is applicable here. If ICANN's DNS system wasn't generally available, like, say, invite-only system, maybe they would be in their right to moderate based on feels.