Comments on: Fulfilling President Obama’s Virtual Vision http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/03/17/fulfilling-president-obamas-virtual-vision/ Virtual worlds and creativity, business, collaboration, and identity. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Prokofy Neva http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/03/17/fulfilling-president-obamas-virtual-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-172610 Prokofy Neva Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:52:13 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1932#comment-172610 The U.S. would do much better for Egypt long-term if they ended their propping up of the government with aid, and funded independent NGOs without fear -- currently they avoid this so as not to anger Cairo. This story is in fact rather old. And the inworld event was disturbing because several of us who made critical remarks about the war in Afghanistan were shushed and told that the topic was only "architecture": http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2009/10/smarmy-little-chatmarm-from-the-state-department.html And there is also a lot of uncritical infatuation with Muslim pressure in these get-togethers as well, with people fearing to stand up to their negative and hateful views of Israel. The theory is that by having "neutral Second Life" (the Lindens are anything but neutral) and "neutral topics" like architecture we will all have peace and understanding. I beg to differ. This buddying up with the Egyptian regime that Obama has extended from past administrations has also had a down side in this co-sponsored resolution on "defamation of religions" which turned out very badly at the UN, going below past standards for freedom of speech. The U.S. would do much better for Egypt long-term if they ended their propping up of the government with aid, and funded independent NGOs without fear — currently they avoid this so as not to anger Cairo.

This story is in fact rather old. And the inworld event was disturbing because several of us who made critical remarks about the war in Afghanistan were shushed and told that the topic was only “architecture”:

http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2009/10/smarmy-little-chatmarm-from-the-state-department.html

And there is also a lot of uncritical infatuation with Muslim pressure in these get-togethers as well, with people fearing to stand up to their negative and hateful views of Israel. The theory is that by having “neutral Second Life” (the Lindens are anything but neutral) and “neutral topics” like architecture we will all have peace and understanding. I beg to differ.

This buddying up with the Egyptian regime that Obama has extended from past administrations has also had a down side in this co-sponsored resolution on “defamation of religions” which turned out very badly at the UN, going below past standards for freedom of speech.

]]> By: cube http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/03/17/fulfilling-president-obamas-virtual-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-172502 cube Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:32:33 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1932#comment-172502 Yes, now folks in both cairo and cleveland can meet in avatars and talk about cheap work and how to get by on a dollar a day;) oh, wait, thats not the vision?!.oops sorry. never mind. c3 Yes, now folks in both cairo and cleveland can meet in avatars and talk about cheap work and how to get by on a dollar a day;)

oh, wait, thats not the vision?!.oops sorry. never mind.

c3

]]> By: Maggie Darwin http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2010/03/17/fulfilling-president-obamas-virtual-vision/comment-page-1/#comment-172495 Maggie Darwin Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:56:23 +0000 http://dusanwriter.com/?p=1932#comment-172495 Obama's got some cultural obstacles of his own to overcome. Maybe we can get him to listen to his own people in-world...it's clearly not working in RL. Obama’s got some cultural obstacles of his own to overcome. Maybe we can get him to listen to his own people in-world…it’s clearly not working in RL.

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