Uh, can't they just you know leave? Sign off? Something?
Second life isn't life, I'm not really certain how somebody could be raped to begin with. Rape isn't just thoughts or ideas, it is the physical action. If somebody wants to do something then they need to enact some sort of way to work this out within the community of Second Life. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 8:17 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Should Virtual Rape Be Illegal? > > This is fascinating ... > > Last month, two Belgian publications reported that the Brussels police > have begun an investigation into a citizen's allegations of rape -- in > Second Life. > > I am half convinced that the tantalizingly brief story, printed in De > Morgen and Het Laatste Nieuws, is a hoax or an April Fool's joke. > > Yet it has prompted several threads of discussion, from a legal > analysis to four pages of commentary at the Second Citizen forums. > > Unfortunately, rape in virtual spaces is not unheard of. And I'm not > talking about the "consensual" rape built into some games (although if > you're interested in that debate, GameGrene has a good conversation > about it). > > There is no question that forced online sexual activity -- whether > through text, animation, malicious scripts or other means -- is real; > and is a traumatic experience that can have a profound and unpleasant > aftermath, shaking your faith in yourself, in the community, in the > platform, even in sex itself. > > http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2007/05/sexd > rive_0504 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233978 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
