tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post5259420971908256043..comments2023-12-14T18:17:52.957-08:00Comments on The Train Wreck Love Life: baby, someone is crazy, and it's youEmilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-71509511314397785052008-06-02T15:09:00.000-07:002008-06-02T15:09:00.000-07:00Tepic,As I noted to Frau Lowey, I think half of it...Tepic,<BR/><BR/>As I noted to Frau Lowey, I think half of it was, I showed up as an adult, not as a fellow child or even in a tiny form--and that this issue had landed in their laps and they were scrambling to come up with <I>any</I> reasonable solution to the problem.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I felt my comments were deliberately ignored. How'ver, I haven't noted it on the blog at large, save for these comments, and I don't intend to. Stress can cause a great deal of distraction, and when all plans go south, things--and comments--can and do fall by the wayside. I understand that.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-34013264911065925342008-06-02T10:58:00.000-07:002008-06-02T10:58:00.000-07:00Dear emilly,I was sad to hear you had been ignored...Dear emilly,<BR/><BR/>I was sad to hear you had been ignored when visiting the build - so far I have not been there because it was not open when I last looked! I do know a lot of work is going on at the moment within the community, so I can only hope they were busy IMing and such.<BR/><BR/>As part of the kid AV community, I try never to ignore anyone I meet - after all, chatting with people is much of the fun of sl!<BR/><BR/>I will hopefully be around at both the official and kids Birthday builds, and will happily chat with everyone and anyone, and look forward to seeing you there :-)<BR/><BR/>Thanks to you all :-)Tepichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322273827436890475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-45386719384901375632008-06-02T04:29:00.000-07:002008-06-02T04:29:00.000-07:00Think Joe's quite right.I didn't make a big deal o...Think Joe's quite right.<BR/><BR/>I didn't make a big deal of it at the time, it was somewhat freaky. To get to the point of death threats because an artist had taken my picture--I mean, that's just sheer lunacy. Art can be threatening, art can challenge, sure, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, to challenge preconceptions.<BR/><BR/>And, while I don't think there's a place for them on the adult grid, I <I>do</I> think there's a large difference between a fourteen to sixteen year old with natural curiosity, and a six year old who has no clue. I don't want to sleep with either one; and it's notable that Rep. Kirk didn't find one single <I>instance</I> of a child being sexually harmed on Second Life..but that's at the core of this debate, really.<BR/><BR/>By and large in nearly all ways that matter, Second Life <I>does</I> protect children. So why the hell is SL being targeted in the first place?Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-29402117688476022012008-06-02T04:11:00.000-07:002008-06-02T04:11:00.000-07:00(Well, unless you're me, in which case, you agree ...<I>(Well, unless you're me, in which case, you agree to pose semi-nude for a risque doll art exhibition that earns you three days of death threats from people who saw the image in an advance preview showing, because your fellow model was tall and male, and you were small and young-looking.</I><BR/><BR/>I remember your posts on *what makes a child AV* but I don't remember the death threats. Gods some people are f$#@ing arseholes. Excuse the un-Edward-like language.<BR/><BR/>I'm happy for people to pretend to be what ever they want. I personally find Gor more distasteful than something like The Crack Den, but people's opinions vary. But if they're consenting adults it's none of my business. And yes there are underage children in Second Life. I don't care what laws you have there is no 100% method of preventing children from drinking or seeing porn or thousands of other things. Children being interested in sex is not new. I had my own stash of porn at 14 well before the internet. But of course the popularist hypocrisy of wanting to protect children still gets trotted out on a regular basis<BR/><BR/>I'm reminded of the quote from Joe Ancis: "The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well."<BR/><BR/>Big time.Edward Pearsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064707444626044745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-76362920041982360502008-06-01T12:25:00.000-07:002008-06-01T12:25:00.000-07:00I plan to at least attend, if not participate--mai...I plan to at least attend, if not participate--mainly because, I decided to go out and grab a SLUrl to the locale for the childrens' build, and was <I>quite</I> soundly--and deliberately, I think--shunned.<BR/><BR/>Now, that I'd ported out to a build in progress in an adult shape? I take into account. And that the children of SL might be feeling the wee-est bit wary over mistreatment from people not children? I take that into account as well.<BR/><BR/>But I may be coming in one of my smaller forms, when I attend, just because I <I>don't</I> want to be ignored due to size. It starts a very bad precedent.<BR/><BR/>(Good quote, btw.)Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-41302739578873510742008-06-01T08:30:00.000-07:002008-06-01T08:30:00.000-07:00"Als sie mich holten,gab es keinen mehr, der prote..."Als sie mich holten,<BR/>gab es keinen mehr, der protestieren konnte."<BR/><BR/>I plan to support the Children's Celebration, and hope that we can stop the panic reaction to the diverse cultures before it becomes ingrained.Frau A. S. Loweyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01324189414513685083noreply@blogger.com