8.13.2007

And so's yer avitar

"We confronted him about it and his basic response was, 'What are you going to do? Sue me?'" Alderman said. "I guess the mentality is that because you're an avatar ... that you are untouchable. The purpose of this suit is not only to protect our income and our product, but also to show, yes, you can be prosecuted and brought to justice."

('Second Life' Sex Program Spawns Lawsuit' - AP)


So then, like, what? Some make-believe lawyer hauls you into a make-believe court and then you get put in a make-believe hoosegow until somebody sells you a Get Out of Jail Free card for real make-believe cash? (Or do they have make-believe IOUs?)

There are, Bunky, some advantages to being a geezer, and one of them is not having to join Second Life.

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