06-30-2004, 12:54 PM | #1 (permalink) | |||
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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They said he raped them that night.
A Rape In Cyberspace
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06-30-2004, 02:10 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Location: San Francisco
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Good article, but something worth noting is that this was first published in the Village Voice over ten years ago... I think that part of the shock that this caused was due to the fact that the internet was a relatively new medium back then and nobody had thought of this before. Nowadays, whenever it happens in a MUD or MOO or anything, it's just seen as the equivalent of someone shouting out obsenities or insults; someone being an a-hole, but not really hurting anything.
Apropos, there's a MMORPG coming out soon where rape is a feature of the game just like stealing and killing are parts of most RPGs. It's currently in beta, in case anyone's curious, and the site is here (nsfw)http://www.sociolotron.com
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07-01-2004, 07:42 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Fascinating reading. As both a programmer and a student of metaphysics, I've often drawn the analogy between computer programs and magical incantations myself. There may be something to the author's assertion that the distinction between word and action - and even that between thought and action - is completely arbitrary. The New Testament writers seemed to be hinting at something along those lines: for example, when they equate committing adultery in one's heart with committing adultery in fact; or when the first chapter of the Gospel of John states that the Word (i.e., Christ) is both the Creator in physical form and the medium through which physical reality was created.
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07-05-2004, 04:59 PM | #5 (permalink) |
Crazy
Location: Never Never Land
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Hehe I see that someone went and pulled up this old article again. Well I wasn’t there when it all happened either, but I did hear about it and I have been to the seen of the crime as I was part of this community for awhile. The place was/is LambdaMOO and it is still around. If you never experienced a MOO before drop by sometime and check it out, but be nice because they don’t take kindly to visitors with attitudes.
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