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Protests, Politics And Parties In MMORPGs

Posted by timothy on from the william-shatner-said-it-best dept.

The Importance of writes "LawMeme's James Grimmelmann has written an interesting piece on protests, politics and parties in MMORPGs. In particular, he talks about the 'tax revolt' in Second Life."

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  1. Second Life looks nifty... by mxyzpltk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...what with its open-ended gameplay, subscriber content creation, and clever Linux-based server-side technology. I was preparing to sign up for the free trial when I discovered it only runs on XP/2000. Pfffft!

  2. Re:Taxation is theft by dmszero · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    wow, you must be the capitalists poster child..

    so effectively, we should tax the poor and middle classes more, because they after all, are not able to contribute as much to society as those who are rich? over here, its the governments who build things like staidums and roads. its the taxes i pay that go towards building something which is befenficial to society.

    if someone wishes to build a build a building in which he or she will rent out office space to further load their coffers, they should foot the bill, as this is hardly a gift "to society". there is no selflessness in building something with will make its owner money.

    we should be taxing the rich more, and tax the poor less. the rich can at least afford to contribute to society far more than the poor. and by contribute to society im talking about paying taxes to governments who will use that money for what they are suppose to use it for, providing services and facilities to those they govern.

    dms0

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  3. Re:Pretty sad by PhoenixFlare · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's pretty sad that people organize "protests" in a fucking -game- but won't stand up for their rights in real life. What is the matter with you people?

    Yeah, and all the real-life idiots protesting the war in Iraq have really done a lot to change things, haven't they?

    You complain about the futility of online protests, yet all the "real" protesters seem to have accomplished lately is making fools of themselves - blocking major highways for thousands of non-involved citizens, throwing up on government buildings, harrassing everyone they can see...And last I saw, the war was still on.

    Delude yourself if you like, but protesting is not the way to effect change in the real world these days.