Banning and Bad Faith

There was another thread, months back, about a Japanese sim discriminating against non-Japanese. This may be more of the same.

I love Japanese culture, but there is a deep distrust of the gaijin that runs through it.

Maybe he been spending time with what's-his-name and his Pep monkey.

PS Is your owner leaning on your space key as you type or do you just like to bloat your posts to make them seem more important?

fixed it for ya...

But . . .but . . . but . . .you lost the intentional ambiguity of meaning of the phrase "blow up"!

Pep (Transatlantic miscomprehension of "bomb" also amuses me. )

A week ago last Sunday I got banned from a parcel. This is a time when I wish I could name and shame the owners; for it is the only remedy I have besides blowing off steam. Yes, the parcel is private property. Everything except Linden Land is private property in SL.

That said, this was NOT somebody's home. It was a restaurant/cafe in a Japanese speaking sim. I use a Simbolic translator which does an awful job but is better than nothing.

Until a week ago Sunday, Iyoba always found the restaurant empty except for a cat sofa, a rabbit sofa, and an otter sofa on the front lawn. The otter and bunny were fine creatures and Iyoba liked them well enough, but the black cat, SBE Kitty (stands for sweet brown eyed Kitty) soon become another of Iyoba's good kitty friends.

Well a week ago Sunday morning there were actual avatarim in the cafe. They asked Iyoba if she knew that this was Japanese sim. Of course she knew. They also asked her if she knew what [NAME WITHHELD] was. Iyoba replied that there was a very famous rabbi martyred by the Romans in the first Century C.E, but she doubted the sim was named for him. Instead, she said it was probably named for somewhere in Japan. Iyoba shares my view that naming sims for places in the real world shows zero imagination.

I then went to the bathroom in real life and when I came out, Iyoba was on the street banned. The ban lines extend up 800 m. Iyoba protested. She was hardly griefing. Yes, her Japanese is awful (machine translation) but she can't do anything about it. They offered to let Iyoba back in if she joined a group. She refused because it was a store update group and Iyoba is full up on groups. We also both figured that Iyoba would be able to get back inside after what appeared to be a private meeting was over, though I thought it strange that the avatarim didn't just ask her to leave. I was not in the bathroom that long.

By Sunday night, Iyoba learned that the ban is permanent. If you have ever heard your avatar cry, I heard Iyoba have a class one melt down. The thought of it still hurts. Last night, Iyoba learned she had been banned from the store next door to the cafe where she has been once or twice. Don't ask me why? Someone is just ban happy. Iyoba can stand outside the ban lines and cam in and look at SBE Kitty, and yse she still talks to her kitty friend through the fence.

I also made Iyoba a cat sofa (a kitty friend) of her own. His name is Goofy Boy and he is a chinchilla which is good because replacing a kitty friend is not a great idea.

I realize there is nothing I can do. Iyoba tried complaining to others on the sim to see if they knew a way to negotiate Iyoba out of the ban. I don't believe this is AR able because a restaurant may be a public accomodation but it is still private property. That said, I very much believe the cafe owners acted in bad faith. Worse yet, I doubt I will ever respond in kind even though I have the opportunity. There are Japanese stores and cafes all over Hartley and Steponyvich where I have land. Be careful whom you ban. They could some day be your neighbors.