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Freedom of Expression in Virtual Worlds
PDHoss writes "NYTimes.com has a story on freedom of expression as it applies to virtual communities, specifically 'The Sims Online.' How should issues of free speech, community standards, and censorship be addressed in the virtual world (given that we can barely agree on those issues in meatspace)?" There's also a story in the Independent, and we've mentioned this guy before.
Stupidest post I've ever read on Slashdot, but hey, that's the beauty of freedom of speech: any moron can say absolutely anything!
A blog like any other.
Some idiot I spoke with in Electronic's Boughtique of Westminstall Mall (Calipornia) was telling me about how his Sim Online house has a Lesbian relationship between Hillary Clinton and some other famous broad I care not to remember.
Anyone else come across this same moron? Anything to share on other morons in this world? I hear Kathlene "Cunt" Fent has a lesbian relationship with her Hermaprodite "it"...some jack-off named Robin "CmdrFelch" Malda. It appears CmdrFelch's arch nemesis posts stories on Slashdot as user CmrdTaco. Poor Tacoboy...woman is cheating on him 'n all.
He can't grasp the concept of operating under a TOS for The Sims Online so he must make this a political/speech/censorship issue. What an idiot.
Hey Michael, you forgot to bash Clear Channel or Microsoft in this article!
If you read the article, it points out on page 3 that shopping malls, while private property, can still be forced to obverse freedom of speech
Yeah yeah yeah. Courts come out with a lot of asenine decisions, don't they? Does not make it right. Those decisions fly right in the face of hundreds of years of jurisprudence and are from the so-called 'activist' courts which are results oriented rather than letter of the law and precedent oriented.
Mod down people who tell people how to mod in their sigs
First, this is virtual reality. If we can't follow the constitution in virtual reality we should just set it on fire while we piss on the flag. I mean damn, if we cant have absolute freedom of speech in an imaginary fake world, well then whats next? Devices to invade our thoughts and censor them? There are limits to censorship. I agree with censorship when it is to protect someone, such as the president, or even to protect you or I from harm. I do not agree with censorship just because theres speech you don't like. The whole point of a virtual world is to have a world of total freedom. When you bring government even into the virtual world, its no longer a game. Its no longer fun anymore.
People don't exist to serve systems, systems exist to serve people.