This was by far the dumbest idea I've seen coming out of the state department so far. Virtual embassy sounds very nice, but end of the day it is just another website with pages upon pages of useless information (aside from visa forms lets say) which no one I reckon except a few read. I think the American's are just trying put a lot of hype into their website by calling it a virtual embassy.
So what's next, a virtual embassy in Second Life? Come on people, get real. If the US government is serious about diplomacy they should stop beating around the bush and playing kiddy games and really engage the other side.
I think the Iranian government did a good service to its people for blocking this virtual embassy -at least their action saves some bandwidth!
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This was by far the dumbest idea I've seen coming out of the state department so far. Virtual embassy sounds very nice, but end of the day it is just another website with pages upon pages of useless information (aside from visa forms lets say) which no one I reckon except a few read. I think the American's are just trying put a lot of hype into their website by calling it a virtual embassy. So what's next, a virtual embassy in Second Life? Come on people, get real. If the US government is serious about diplomacy they should stop beating around the bush and playing kiddy games and really engage the other side. I think the Iranian government did a good service to its people for blocking this virtual embassy -at least their action saves some bandwidth!
Somehow this reminds me of the Stillsuits worn by the native Fremen on the planet Arrakis!
Someone in NASA must be a big fan of Herbert Frank!