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22 Feb 2007 @ 23:00, by Unknown SLLA fighting for rights of Avatars in Second Life! Utopias never live up to their aspirations, even in the virtual world. LOL Apparently, Second Life is no exception. So, here you have it, the Second Life Liberation Army (SLLA) is passionately committed to righting what it considers the wrongs of a world that exists only on the computer servers of Linden Lab in San Francisco whom have been accused of selling out to big businesses: Like any pioneer, Marshal Cahill arrived in a new world curious and eager to sample its diversions. Over time, though, he saw an elite few grabbing more than their share. They bought up all the plum real estate. They awarded building contracts to friends. They stifled free speech. Cahill saw a bleak future, but he felt powerless to stop them. So he detonated an atomic bomb outside an American Apparel outlet. Then another outside a Reebok store. (…) "The population of the world should have a say in the running of the world," Cahill said during an in-world interview. Cahill is this participant's online name, incidentally. He refused to reveal his real-world name for fear of banishment from Second Life. The army has staged a number of protests in Second Life to publicize its position. Three gun-toting members shot customers outside American Apparel — bullet wounds in Second Life are not fatal but merely disrupt a user's experience — and Reebok stores last year. Then they stepped up the campaign, exploding nukes, which manifested themselves in swirling fireballs that thrust users at the scene into motionless limbo. Cahill said the group targeted in-world corporate locations to draw real-world attention to its cause. More: Virtual Loses Its Virtues by Alana Semuels, Times Staff Writer, February 22, 2007. During this interview in Open Source, Philip Rosedale (the founder and CEO of Linden Lab) outlines his view of the policial development of Second Life - Benign Dictatorship!

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