Yeah, I know about that, but how does this change anything?
The government can't seize your domain, only the namecoin address that owns it can update it.
How is this 'better' then bitcoins?
they work side by side, btc is used to buy stuff from merchants, nmc is used to register domains. btc chain block validates and keeps track of btc spending, nmc chain block keeps track of currently registered domains.
Or at least that's what I gather from all the reading i have done over the past month or so.