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Okay, let's say we have two neighboring countries. Country A and Country B. They don't have a good relationship and has been in a few wars since the second world war. When social media like twitter came, the people/politicians from both the countries used them to troll each other. Let's assume politicians and the troll army from Country B uses a particular word to refer to Country A on twitter/facebook, which people from Country A finds demeaning. (And to be fair to Country B, the troll army from Country A also uses unparliamentary languages to describe Country B).
Now, a user here uses nice and flashy logos to sell the idea that how the domain with that exact term could be used to target users in Country A. You assume the seller might be uninformed and you point out the fact to him that how it actually is "demeaning" to the potential users of the site if it was to be developed. But the seller wants to sell the domain anyway, with the same marketing message(s).
Now my question is, is it ethical? Aren't you trying to fool people not from Country A and Country B into buying something they can never use it for the purpose the seller described?
By the way, you can't easily find the meaning of the word in the context of Country A/B so easily. Also, to be fair to the seller, the word is a health related acronym and could be developed for such purpose (and in fact there is an Australian site developed using the same term). But my question is related to how he is presenting his domain to the potential buyers.
Now, a user here uses nice and flashy logos to sell the idea that how the domain with that exact term could be used to target users in Country A. You assume the seller might be uninformed and you point out the fact to him that how it actually is "demeaning" to the potential users of the site if it was to be developed. But the seller wants to sell the domain anyway, with the same marketing message(s).
Now my question is, is it ethical? Aren't you trying to fool people not from Country A and Country B into buying something they can never use it for the purpose the seller described?
By the way, you can't easily find the meaning of the word in the context of Country A/B so easily. Also, to be fair to the seller, the word is a health related acronym and could be developed for such purpose (and in fact there is an Australian site developed using the same term). But my question is related to how he is presenting his domain to the potential buyers.
