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~* Second Life: Your Imagination, Your Freedom to BE. 

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Written by Cash Yiyuan   
Wednesday, 20 February 2008

Today one of our readers caught my attention to a subject that has bothered me for quite a while.

"Your World, Your Imagination", says Second Life slogan.

But with all the laws, bans, grievers free, good people locked and surround by security devices, Second Life approaches more and more towards the First Life.

And, as if it was not enough, we have to cope with RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE!!

Surely, since the world is world, there is a Pink and Brain attack. There is always a Brain trying to take over the world, surround, followed and obeyed by Pinks, massified morons who believe anything they hear and follow orders without even asking themselves why.

But don't you, reader, think, it is too much to try and demand others to dream whatever you want? Surely, you would hate it if someone did the same to you.

 Imagine for one second that people forbid everything you love to do, saying it is wrong, crime, sin, against the law. Everything. You are only allowed to do things you hate. Wouldn't you feel quite uncomfortable in simply existing?

Then, speak of it, shout it out loud. No one can dictate who you want to be, to dream, anything. It is your dream, your mind, your time in front of your computer, being your avatar. Dare to claim your freedom to dream!

For example... it is moot, unfounded and even ridiculous to stalk, troll, flame, crucify and even despise people because their real life gender, age or species aren't exactly the same as in real life. It's... moronic.

Who are those, poor mortals, to walk around pointing fingers at others? If we are to be cruel, point fingers to criticize others for their choices, I'd assume - falsely, I emphasize - that every lesbian who has a harness is actually wanting to be a man; every gay man want to be a woman. Obviously we know neither is true.

Some people do not hide their real life gender, some other do. By criticizing and trolling other people's freedom of being whoever they imagine to be, we are contributing for more closeness and lack of open communication. People won't leave their avatars just because one or two criticize them. They'll just not tell, anymore, and shrug critics, trolls and stalkers off.

The opposite is also an example. I explain. I am not a BDSM person and I keep my private moments, private. But I was heavily criticized and even banned out of a community because I told a person, "sorry, this is not my thing" during a talk about BDSM and also during a visit to a strip club, when the lady offered herself to me in what I call very rude words (for money, anything goes), and I told her I was there to dance only, not to seek for a one-night stand.

I mean, just because I don't have skimpy dressed women hanging from my ceiling by the hair, does it mean I am so stupid I cannot keep a conversation about BDSM? Of course not. Yet, it is assumed we are morons who cannot open a book and study. Maybe some people do not like because they have tried. It's like wine: some people like, some do not like, but they ask for a coke and the talk goes on.

Yet another people judge us for saying the truth. I'll never forget the man who banned this fellow from his Sim because he waited 2 hours for the owner to help him out on an issue while he (the owner) was asleep, and he commented with me he (the owner) wasn't being very helpful at that moment. But, the banned fellow did have a point. Can you help someone while sleeping? Can you help someone in Second Life when you are busy with first? I don't think so.

I do not judge anyone's tastes. If I don't like something, I leave; most people have this common sense. To live and leave others alone to live.

Besides, the righteous people have their roof made of glass too. Every Caesar has their very own Brutus...

Cezare Blanco

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Insouciant   | 2008-02-20 19:34:11
I think you've answered the 2nd part of your musings -- if you don't want to see something (eg. nudity, prostitutes), don't go to where it is being promoted.

As to the first part of things being limited, you've given your opinion that the "problem" is "righteous people". My opinion is that those really righteous will go elsewhere and give up on trying to censor in SL. BUT... what I *do* see is implentation (often not fully through through) of restrictions and limits NOT so much to "constrain activity by promoting righteousness" but out of lazyness, cowardness, and general fear of getting sued. I don't think Linden "polices" activity here because they want to limit your imagination -- I think they do it because they are afraid of being held legally/financially responsible themselves for YOUR actions on THEIR platform. Thus, I don't think they act out of a "uphold righteousness" desire but self-perservation avoiding anything that could be offensive and actionable and thus the easy natural "remedy" is to limit your imagination if it protects them or makes them feel "safer" from lawsuits.

Well, that's my opinion. I personally do despise gambling (a tax on people who are bad at math) and would probably fall into a rather tame vanilla (but I'm very happy) lifestyle catagory. Yet I don't agree with HOW and WHAT some of the limits/censoring has been done. The "WHY" it's being done I put down more to fear than righteousness.
Cezare Blanco   | 2008-02-23 02:44:32
You know. I read and re-read my article a couple times and asked my friends and household to read, in order to find only once the word "Linden" referring to the Human Lindens, and not to the money itself.

It won't be me pointing fingers at the Linden Family Members, mate, even so because I agree with you, every place has to have rules, otherwise a mess is what it will become.

But I don't think anyone will file a lawsuit against any Linden person or even against me, a single white male, vanilla life-styler myself, if by any chance I find myself "wearing" a 20 year old looking GIRL avatar, lesbian, and furry.

But the other residents will surely file an AR if they find out my true gender. Oh yes. I see it happening every day wit lots of people. And believe me, the Lindens have nothing to do with it.

As for not going to where nude and porn is promoted... I agree. I rarely go to these spots myself.

But if I am in a mall, and people suddenly retort to the use of vulgarity, a couple over there starts having sex, and some grievers decide to invade, then what? I leave, you may leave, the mall owner may loose clients, and since it is their world, too, it's all fine, right?

No, it's not. As we both agree, some rules have to be imposed.

But it's up to the OWNERS of the servers to do the rules, NOT to some citizens to impose their likes or dislikes on others who are as human and as common, mere, simple users of this service as they righteous selves are.

Cheers!
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