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Lynn Kukulcan
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09-01-2006 15:50
Let's say you walk in to a video store. Let's assume you arrive and see that although the video cases are marked with different prices, there is absolutely no indication as to their content. Or worse, the boxes are marked, but the markings has no bearing on their content whatsoever?

Many of you would say you would not purchase content from such a store.

In Second Life, many places cater to specific audiences. In many instances, they do not clearly indicate which audiences they cater to.

It has been postulated by some that these places should indicate which audiences they cater to. Others have ridiculed those for saying thus, calling them hateful, narrow minded, and prejudiced. But like the blank or oddly marked video cassettes, we don't really know what they are until we go see them. By then, it's usually too late and we don't fit in very well.

What would happen if all churches of all denominations looked the same and had no markings at all to indicate if they were Jewish, Islamic, or any of the gazillion flavors of Christian?

Churches clearly mark themselves to attract a specific kind of audience. You don't want to attract Catholics to a Baptist church, for example. At the very least, it could create a lot of discomfort. At the worst, open hostilities.

The situation would be worse if Militant Islams {as apposed to traditional Islams, who are generally very peaceful} made the same mistake. Or even Fundamentalist Anythings.

The point is, we should label our establishments as best we can to attract those we want to attend our facilities, while letting those know who may feel uncomfortable or unwelcome there know they may not wish to visit us.

It is only common decency and good sense to do so.
Chronic Skronski
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Join date: 23 Jun 2006
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09-01-2006 16:23
My small stage and campfire has no signs or labels. You know why? Because everyone is welcome when I play a show, or when I am streaming music for people to hang around and listen to at my fire. I have had furries, robots, christians, atheists, straight/gay/undecided, old, young, thin, fat, bald, hirsute, griefers, Lindens, newbies, oldbies... the list goes on.

I do hope you don't think that my lack of discrimination is lack of common decency and good sense. My open and welcome environment actually seems to get people to ignore each other's differences instead of pointing them out. Every gathering there has been friendly and accepting.

This "labels" idea seems like regression to me. More like a '50s attitude. For instance, shouldn't any good christian welcome someone of a different faith into their church? The reason that hostilities based on differences occur is because of this "stick a label on someone and tell them which door/bathroom/church/part of the bus to use" attitude. We should be moving forward towards getting rid of discrimination instead of backwards.

If every little thing is labeled, there are certain types of people who would make sure that they only experience things that they are familiar with, keeping any prejudices they have against anything a little different from them, and will remain in their safe little rut. No progress. Take some of the labels away, and people may find that they can meet incredible people and have great fun in the most unexpected of places.

Excuse me if the above post was satire, I'm afraid my humour-meter may be malfunctioning.
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Lynn Kukulcan
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09-01-2006 16:58
Actually, unlabelling is also a good idea, if you want "just people" to come by.

One of my facilities has a dungeon, and I flag it as a dungeon. I don't think it's like your campfire at all. I'm not sure, but I think most people would be rather uncomfortable in the facility. Especially when it's in use.

So as an expension on my original point: Label where you only want to attract a certain audience. If you want everyone to come, there's no need for a label, since you expect to make no one uncomfortable.
Joshua Nightshade
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09-01-2006 17:29
My store's pretty clear about what it is and I randomly put up full sized avatar models so people can see what they're buying more or less realistically. It's more than just a picture on a box.
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Alex Fitzsimmons
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09-01-2006 17:33
Lewis posted with an alt, I think.

I hope I'm not incorrect. This is the first time I've ever cried "alt." But it does seem to me likely that I'm right.
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09-01-2006 17:35
From: Alex Fitzsimmons
Lewis posted with an alt, I think.

I hope I'm not incorrect. This is the first time I've ever cried "alt." But it does seem to me likely that I'm right.


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09-01-2006 17:36
From: Joshua Nightshade
whoozawuhwuh?


I'm pretty sure I'm right.
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Chronic Skronski
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09-01-2006 17:43
From: Alex Fitzsimmons
I'm pretty sure I'm right.

I dunno. I looked at Lynn's previous posts, and the only similarity I can find is this thread and her views about labeling. I am usually pretty good with reading posting styles like fingerprints if I have seen enough posts by people, and I am quite confident that Lynn is not Lewis.
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09-01-2006 17:45
From: Chronic Skronski
I dunno. I looked at Lynn's previous posts, and the only similarity I can find is this thread and her views about labeling. I am usually pretty good with reading posting styles like fingerprints if I have seen enough posts by people, and I am quite confident that Lynn is not Lewis.


It's just that Lewis was just talking about this, and it was very much in the same vein, even a similar example. Maybe Lynn is just parroting Lewis, or maybe it's just sheer coincidence ... I could be wrong, of course.

But it sure does seem odd.
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Chronic Skronski
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09-01-2006 18:01
From: Alex Fitzsimmons
It's just that Lewis was just talking about this, and it was very much in the same vein, even a similar example. Maybe Lynn is just parroting Lewis, or maybe it's just sheer coincidence ... I could be wrong, of course.

But it sure does seem odd.
I think Lynn's post is a splinter from that other thread, where the talk of labels was taking the conversation far off topic. She did post in that one, but started this one as well. Two things that really make me believe that she is not Lewis: her mentioning in another thread about her homosexuality, and in an earlier thread about creating and selling a BDSM bench. If this is Lewis, he is going WELL out of his way to fool us. ;)
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09-02-2006 00:45
We are not the same person. We happen to be friends, having a conversation about the thread in MSN messenger at the same time, and that spawned the second discussion.

No mystery. No problems.

Friends often talk together, and have similar views on the same subject. Having similar views on life is often what brings friends together in the first place.
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Lynn Kukulcan
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09-02-2006 00:45
We are not the same person. We happen to be friends, having a conversation about the thread in MSN messenger at the same time, and that spawned the second discussion.

No mystery. No problems.

Friends often talk together, and have similar views on the same subject. Having similar views on life is often what brings friends together in the first place.
Kathy Kamenev
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09-02-2006 00:45
We are not the same person. We happen to be friends, having a conversation about the thread in MSN messenger at the same time, and that spawned the second discussion.

No mystery. No problems.

Friends often talk together, and have similar views on the same subject. Having similar views on life is often what brings friends together in the first place.
Angelique LaFollette
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09-02-2006 01:16
Never had this problem with any store in SL, but then i Read the store's profiles before i go to them.

Angel.
Chronic Skronski
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09-02-2006 01:36
From: Lynn Kukulcan
We are not the same person. We happen to be friends...


hahaha... awesome. :)
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