Comments on: PETA Protests in Second Life http://blog.arondelle.com/2007/06/113/ notes from a menopausal mystic Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:05:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Arondelle http://blog.arondelle.com/2007/06/113/#comment-449 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:45:00 +0000 http://blog.arondelle.com/2007/06/113/#comment-449 That's what the residents of Otter Cove do best -- poke fun at the ridiculously serious! That’s what the residents of Otter Cove do best — poke fun at the ridiculously serious!

]]> by: Bryan http://blog.arondelle.com/2007/06/113/#comment-448 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:01:48 +0000 http://blog.arondelle.com/2007/06/113/#comment-448 It's going to devolve into LOLCats language, isn't it? There is going to be irony, satire, and probably sarcasm involved, right? He is going to be otterly brutal to the Petards, isn't he? It’s going to devolve into LOLCats language, isn’t it? There is going to be irony, satire, and probably sarcasm involved, right? He is going to be otterly brutal to the Petards, isn’t he?

]]> by: Arondelle http://blog.arondelle.com/2007/06/113/#comment-447 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:32:53 +0000 http://blog.arondelle.com/2007/06/113/#comment-447 It may seem absurd, but most of Real Life is pretty absurd, too, if it isn't happening to you. Second Life is not only a platform for fun, art and education, but also for advertising: personal, commercial and viewpoint. How is it different from TV -- except that it's interactive? It's been my experience that SL'ers engage in every sort of human activity imaginable, and quite a number of them take it dead seriously. At the micro level, there are serious personal relationships complete with marriages (partnerships), pregnancies, domestic disputes, and divorces. At the macro level, political campaigns are being waged online -- right up to the fracas that broke out at a French sim during France's recent presidential campaign. As for the Furries, I spoke to an Otterish friend of mine who also regards PETA as a PITA. He wants to attend the rally and set up a cheeseburger stand... It may seem absurd, but most of Real Life is pretty absurd, too, if it isn’t happening to you. Second Life is not only a platform for fun, art and education, but also for advertising: personal, commercial and viewpoint. How is it different from TV — except that it’s interactive?

It’s been my experience that SL’ers engage in every sort of human activity imaginable, and quite a number of them take it dead seriously. At the micro level, there are serious personal relationships complete with marriages (partnerships), pregnancies, domestic disputes, and divorces. At the macro level, political campaigns are being waged online — right up to the fracas that broke out at a French sim during France’s recent presidential campaign.

As for the Furries, I spoke to an Otterish friend of mine who also regards PETA as a PITA. He wants to attend the rally and set up a cheeseburger stand…

]]> by: Bryan http://blog.arondelle.com/2007/06/113/#comment-445 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:50:54 +0000 http://blog.arondelle.com/2007/06/113/#comment-445 Okay, I give up. I've been avoiding commenting on this because of the absurdity. Is it going to shock the people in PETA [a homonym of PITA] that Second Life isn't real? Isn't this a bit like complaining to the Lakota about whaling, or the problems of the Amazon rain forest with the Inuit? It's not that people might not be concerned, but they aren't involved in the problem in any meaningful way. I can't imagine that the people in Second Life are there to be nagged. Okay, I give up. I’ve been avoiding commenting on this because of the absurdity. Is it going to shock the people in PETA [a homonym of PITA] that Second Life isn’t real? Isn’t this a bit like complaining to the Lakota about whaling, or the problems of the Amazon rain forest with the Inuit? It’s not that people might not be concerned, but they aren’t involved in the problem in any meaningful way.

I can’t imagine that the people in Second Life are there to be nagged.

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