Second Life Protest Against U.S. Military Action in Iran
Second Life Protest Against U.S. Military Action in Iran
February 23, 2007
In his The Click Heard Round the World blog, Second Lifer Rik Riel reports on an in-game demonsration protesting possible U.S. military action against Iran. According to Rik:There are twenty-some avatars gathered at the Capitol Hill sim holding signs and shouting slogans at each other... Someone is shooting off some rather spectacular particle effects, which is quite pretty...
The Second Life Herald has more, including news that the protest appeared to be more or less of a spontaneous event:
When asked why he was here today, Anit-Ban leader Cochise Collas simply said: "I am against war and afraid the US will attack Iran." I think he was going to say more but a dog and a bear came charging through at that point dancing to an infinite-looping "La Cucaracha". That's protesting SL style!
Amid the bizarre spectacle of a Second Life protest, one person that caught my eye was John Gage from Sun Microsystems. I asked him what brought him here: "...Years ago, I was one of the organizers of Vietnam Moratorium...we had 400,000 people on the Washington Monument grounds, and had a significant impact on Nixon... we should do the same here."
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Posted 11/08/09 at 01:07am
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Austin_Lewis: Health insurance, brought to you by the same kind of bureacrats who couldn't, in timely fashion, investigate the comments of any of the men Obama appointed Czars. Or their past. Or their history of not paying taxes.
Posted 11/08/09 at 01:06am
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Austin_Lewis: Yes, and what a piece of crap it was. Arresting and fining people just because they don't make a personal choice to buy healh insurance, creating over a hundred new bureacracies, and worse.
Posted 11/08/09 at 12:24am
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
ZippyDSMlee: JDKJ:the only trouble is a bunch of witless hacks wrote it....its going to be a train wreck....
Posted 11/07/09 at 11:33pm
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
JDKJ: BREAKING: In a photo-finish at the wire, House passes health care reform bill. Relatedly, in a fit of pique, Austin Lewis kicks innocent dog.
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:26pm
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:23pm
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:18pm
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:05am
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:03am
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:56am
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:45am
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:37am
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
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Or that they are lead by a anti-semitic mad man who is essentially Hitler reincarnated as a Muslim?
Or you could just ignore all the evidence that shows that Iran is trying to become the new Nazi Germany and let them continue to draw closer to getting a nuclear bomb which they will then sell to terrorists and will be detonated in either Israel or the US "_"
Have you ever seen protest in the form of a political cartoon? Do you say "HAHAHA Idiots actually think that protesting with a cartoon is going to do ANYTHING?"
Do you remember when blogs were dismissed as teenagers posting their diaries on LiveJournal? Did you say "HAHAHA Idiots actually think that protesting with a blog is going to do ANYTHING?"
It is fun to laugh at the various freaks on SL and I imagine the protesters here would trump those at a actually protest in the freak factor.
We're so in trouble, and this shows it. Not even our hippies are willing to get up and protest in reality.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
This story was good for a laugh. Idiots actually think that protesting inside of a video game is going to do ANYTHING? HA!"
Actually, this isn't as stupid as a move as one might think. This is about the only place Bush can't sick a SWAT team on them,, well, not the ONLY one but you get my point. With how alot of politicians are anti human rights nowadays, if they tried this IRL odds are they would wind up in the hospital because someone thought these people were being "unamaerican." And unless you try to organize a protest and get your message to people who aren't even going to listen in the first place, kindly stfu. At least they're doing SOMETHING.
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Which is to say none at all...
I mean, it's cool that they can do that in that context, but it's such a minority of a minority of a niche of people that it's effect will be, arguably, insignificant.
You have better luck protesting on myspace or friendster OR in front of the White House itself.
This story was good for a laugh. Idiots actually think that protesting inside of a video game is going to do ANYTHING? HA!
IMO, these virtual environments are most useful as gathering places for political activists to strategize, support each other, dialogue about important policy issues, and raise awareness, not as venues for public protest.
Then again, the video I created of the Jan virtual protest against the war in Iraq was viewed more than 52,000 times, so I would argue that there are ways to multiply the impact of these virtual political activities.
See http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5105316486771142892&hl=en
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate a good protest. There's something awesome about several thousand people taking time out of their day to protest something in their lives they don't approve of, from illegal military actions, to your local vending machine company taking Cheesy Poofs out of the machines. But, 20 people who can't even be assed to pull themselves off their damn game decide to start the "hey-hey-ho-ho" action IN SecondLife? Yawn. Be a man, and grab yourself a real picket sign.
lol...our country is so fucked....the whole world is going to hate us....and half of our country is worried about voilent videogame......this world is getting worse ad worse....
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