Can we get some clarification here?

Who are you to express your sexuality to others who aren't interested? That's the issue with the group tags, the obscene profiles, etc. What you display to the public must adhere to the community standards. What you do in private with other willing participants is entirely between you and the other participants, unless it infringes on the Terms of Service. I can't believe there have been so many pages upon pages of discussion on what should be a simple, understandable concept.

And for the Record..none of this offends me personally. I have an annoying habit of playing Devil's Advocate. It's an occupational hazard.

Belonging to a group is much different than engaging you in one's sexual preferences.

And who sets the standard for obscene?

I'd be happy to follow the guidelines, if only they would provide them.

Wise droppings from the Figtree indeed.

I find racism more offensive than sexuality.

Linden Lab sets the standards. Have you read the CS? If you can't understand the difference between what is generally accepted as obscene, and what is not, then you have the problem, not Linden Lab.

That's what I kept saying to David Hasselhoff. But he keeps showing up on TV regardless.

The Supreme Court of the U.S. hasn't even decided what is and isn't. hrug: Glad you seem to have it all sorted out, though.

hahahaha! You poor, poor soul. What horror that must be

Oh please. You're essentially asking for a line item list of words, phrases, depictions and behaviors that are defined as obscene. Have you even an ounce of common sense?

Hostile much?

He he. You are on fire, my friend.

Have you? Try taking a poll of people, asking what's obscene. I bet you'll get a wide range of answers, running the gamut from simple nudity to scat play. Whose standards am I supposed to go by? Hell, I don't even know what your standard is.

Common sense isn't as common as you think. Different households, people, and nations view different acts as obscene.

What we need is actual written law here, not rule by mob opinion.

Using the word obscene also is counter productive.

Its more useful to catogorize things without making judgements on them

For example -

Nudity, frank discusions of a sexual nature, profanity - are all Mature area only content.

Its easy to list things in fairly general terms. To still give LL latitude to decide.

Profiles, venues and groups need to be allowed to be marked Mature content like classifed ads.


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I agree this is all a clean up becuase of media attention on Second Life and the desire to attract business's , etc.

I dont agree it will necesarily stop at just a "white wash".

Perhaps it will lead to..."Third Life".

It may, or it may not. But many of us are arguing points based on fears as to where SL is headed rather than reality.

I have never once been told by any Linden how to act or think or express myself. And they are getting less and less involved all the time.

I think the only people who have to worry are those that need to promote their now frowned upon sex stuff for some sort of profit. The rest of us are fine, no matter how obscene we are.

Ok. Then let's start with some case law. In Miller v. California, an appeal to have a prior conviction for mail order advertising of sexually explicit material overturned, the court essentially had to review every significant piece of existing law on the subject of obscenity, whether case or statute, and ultimately decided to deny the appeal. It speaks alot about things already discussed in these various threads, but seems to give the legal muster some are after, albeit in a US context.

By the way, is "rule by mob opinion" all that different than "the average person, applying contemporary community standards (not national standards, as some prior tests required), must find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest"?

Just curious.

nah thats when you have those prim babies.

Wow all of this for such a simple thing. I think that some in SL have banged their prim brains out!

1. You cannot have any obscene stuff in your profile, such as a three-letter word for male fluids.
2. Group names/titles are a publically viewable part of your profile.
C. Therefore, groups with obscene names and/or titles are disallowed.

Really, is it that hard to understand now?

If you need LL to baby you and define every single occurrence of an obscene word or title, YOU HAVE FAILED.

Oh no..don't want that.

Cum on, people! Get with the program!

No one in SL seems to use protection - so sometimes it could happen by accident. 0.o