education and awareness

What I am getting is, the OP is ill and housebound, and has taken on SL policing as a way to make her life meaningful while she's unable to get out of the house in her real life. How terribly sad. There are sooo many better things to do with one's time, and vigilante policing is NOT welcome by the vast majority of residents in SL. You say that the Lindens need you to help babysit the residents - that is incredibly offensive to me. I am a responsible adult and do not need "babysitting". You're even making me feel hostile toward you, and I don't get hostile easily. Stay the hell away from me and find some real meaning in your life, please. I suggest that whenever, warranted, residents file harassment abuse reports on these vigilante police who feel they can intrude on private property and start telling people what to do.

P.S.: Yes, tetchy is a word.

Edit: I just saw the post above. What, are you a psychologist now as well as an English expert? As someone who actually has an attention disorder, I am now incredibly appalled at how obnoxious you really are. Do you REALLY think you are sooo much better than everyone else that not only you have a right to police Second Life, you can diagnose medical conditions on the forums???

I'm going to work now. No sense wasting any more time on you.

assigned by the owner or manager of the land...

dont sell other's short, u may not feel confident in making change, but u do not have this right, to assume, something to be highly unlikely.

in refusing an assignment, it would be understood, that this person has behaved in a manner in which i cannot trust, and will not put myself in position to be cornered...it is not a matter of liking or disliking u...i dont make up my mind about likes or dislikes, in someone until i have had enough time to understand them somewhat...this does not mean, i will leave myself open to be manipulated...
it was in your own words, even with a threatening tone, 'if i came to your land'...
u busted the trust factor between us, but who knows, perhaps u r showing off for someone, or pms'ing...i dont know, but i do know that if i was to ask to be taken off a patrol, it would be understood, by my peers, and someone would take my place...

capable of taking care of yourself? it sounds good, and i wish it is this way, but since u chose to give me grief, i wonder which form taking care of yourself takes...i am sure at some point in time, we will hold behavior seminars...so the world here is a place to enjoy and be safe...as it stands now, the web is not safe, no part of it...
in game u can buy gadgets which kill...which sound horrid for some at first, but to realize, it is a matter of relogging and changing location...
i do not understand the thrills, the kicks ppl get doing nothing...
it is easier to say words...and doesnt cost a continual upgrade to gadget which another is made to outdo the other...a rat race if i ever saw one...

shakeshead..............

the pub (bar) next door to me in RL is the Shakepeares Head, when you type that i always think of beer

rentacops, i hate rentacops!

A really old lady that uses "u" for you? Dat's odd.

I'm beginning to wonder if we're not being trolled. I'll play along for a sec, though.



I believe the word you want is "Intelligent." I'm normally above spelling flames, but I could not walk past this.



I've never seen you or other SL "police" at the Governance office hours. Who is it you are working with? I'd love to talk with them directly.

Oh, and for your information, as a refresher to Linden Lab's policy, here's a line from the Terms of Service you agreed to when joining Second Life:



Better safe than sorry.



I try my best to not talk about what I do or don't do in IRL.



Ooh! Can I be role play a nurse next time!



Okay, dat made me laugh.



Mari

OK, whatever. I will say you seem sincere, if misguided in your quest, so you should not be ridiculed, at least by me. Good Luck with whatever it is you seek, and more importantly for your health, You have had a long life evidently, may it be far from over.

lolz

nor do you and your fellow "policepersons" have the right to foist your so called need upon a virtual world.


this is not the behavior nor the response of a cop i would want to allow on my land either.


she did not "grief" you , she stated a known fact. i cannot nor have i had personally had a good experiance with virtuacops. and as for the web not being safe, perhaps you should not log on as its obvious you have confused reality with the virtual. by the way, you do know that you dont die in sl? if thats what you are referring to.



sighs, thats what abuse reports are for. are you saying we should counter griefing with more griefing? bad cop, bad bad cop...

puppet,
i am ill, and housebound, but i have family and freinds attending to me...
i still have my highschool friend, close by...i have much meaning in my life...i enjoy most the time i get to spend with the children...my life is not sad, the illness is hard to take, but i am strong, and held on much longer than what is average...
i repeat again, we are not vigilante group...
hell i didnt even take the course on weapons offered by the salesman, tho i wanted to keep aware of the weapons being used...
if there is so many beter things to do with ones time, what do u do with yours...i am open for suggestions, for i find lots of ppl which find no satisfaction...
personally, i take pride in my sl accomlishments, tho i am not so great at building, i keep at it, and sometime maybe, i will make a beautiful home to give someone in world...
u may not need a babysitter, but i have seen enough to know that there are many who do...
ask a Linden sometime what was the most rediculous abuse report...
they could write a book on strange human behavior.
but there is serious issues which do need attention...and attention to our group, does not include vigilante...
we do not patrol any area in which owner or manager of land does not request...we are not looking for trouble, we are seeking solutions.
u say u dont get hostile, but i make u feel hostile toward me...does this give other's permission to verbally abuse me, and accuse me of being what i abhor, and does it get u some popularity to show this side of yourself?
No one can make me hostile, except myself...I am the one responsible for my actions, for my feelings, just as u r to yourself...dont put the mark, the blame on me...thru this whole verbal attack, not once have i been mad...why waste energy on a useless emotion.
u order me, like a vigilante orders others, to 'stay the hell away from u..'
it was u who chose to write me, responding in false accusations, and rudeness, who is the vigilante here?
i would have no cause to dig u up, to go near u, until this post, i did not know u existed...but u would not have liked me anyway...for this is your nature at this time...time has a way of changing ppl, many times for the benefit...
oh and eat some edamame...it helps to balance the hormones...is delicious as well...and easy to fix, is steamed so is healthy in comparison to fat producing foods which are cooked in oil or grease or butter...
the way we take care of our body, reflects our mood and state of mind...
excercize helps as well...even ill, i do exercizes...nothing heavy, or too tiring...but enough so that my body does not look as ill as i am...after wounds are healed, i will join the swim team... i grew up on ocean and to add to my accomplishments, am an excellent swimmer...the team travels, and gives awareness to organ donations...
with the swimming, i will return totally back to shape, which makes us feel good...not speaking in terms of looks, but in the health.
i have good genetics in my family, we tend to age slowly...my mother was 66 when cancer got her, and she had not one wrinkle on her face, she never wore any make up except lipstick, and i do not use makeup either...
okay let's see what else i can think of offhand of my life, which is not near as sad as some living who have no illness...
never one time in my life, and i am aged, have i ever said i was bored...
when i hear this comment, i wonder, how can anyone be bored, there is a world of exploring to do, at fingertips, in yard, and beyond...
i am mostly a content person, even in dealing with negativity, i manage well...
i am successful in many areas, and i am a chronic study freak, i guess now a days, they call us geeks...
i am not good on pc...and wish i could script, but know it is not in my abilty...but i did make my first hud a couple of weeks ago, using other's scripts...
in world, i have dragons, who shoot particles, such as donuts and is kool to me...i have not flown yet, but one of these days...
i have an old cranky looking av...which i got to keep the guys away, when i wanted to work...tho i do give time and attention to most anyone, and stop what i am doing, some things can not be done with interuption...to keep train of thought...
i have had some fun with her, tho i do not want to broadcast the storys in forum...
but i like the young me...it takes me back to days which i can relate to with others, reminding myself of things forgotten...
sometimes i wear the same clothes for days...as it takes time, and lately i have been sleeping more hours, so time is limited...
i would like a lesson on how a healthy person manages their time in game and flesh world...as i know the first year, my immune system will be knocked out, so i will have social limitations, though, i live in a beautiful area, and there are many places to go for enjoyment...i love sitting by the waterfalls, sometimes not a a thought passes my mind, only the feeling and the sound...

okay, back to your lonely letter...do not judge others by what others do by a title...anyone can take any title they choose, we are not them...anymore than u r, or who knows, perhaps u r a vigilante at heart...someone started this word out, and other's seem to like it enough to use it, but misuse it in reference to me...

we do not order, nor do we boss...we have weddings, and babies being born, and spend time getting to know one another, as well as spending time with recruits, and explaining what we are about, and it is not about us controlling others...we can only offer assistance, witness and send in abuse form, to coincide with the person being abused...
we are in the process of making divisions...
i say we, because this is a part of me...i am not in charge, nor do i want to be in charge, i want to stay in position i have now...this is my choice...we are not ordering one another either...we have rules we stand by, and one is if there is a report filed that someone was abused or griefed by a member, an investigation will be done...in considering as well, that there will be false reports too sort thru, Linden gets its share of the false reports too...
outward griefing or sneaky griefing, it is all the same...and it is recorded, so as to be accurate...
trouble makers, some ppl never seem to learn, and think they can get by with things...like their word is god...

having an attention disorder is nothing to shame, u got it wrong again...i have attention disorder, which i take no meds, and work with myself quite constant, in order to overcome and function at level i prefer...
so how would u get such a negative response to something i suffer as well...
and yes, i majored in psycological studies...my field of interest is mind control...which, so that i dont get called a mind control vigilante I WORK HARD, FOR FREE, FOR MANY YEARS, IN A BATTLE FOR THE MINDS,TO BE FREE OF CONTROLS...u can find info on web, the first mind control machine was patented in the seventeen hundreds...
i think it was in fifth grade, when adolph hitler came to my attention...dont recall now if we studied in school, or if i found it in library...but i dould not understand how so many ppl admired him...a mass murderer...
there are many programs, in several countries, using low frequency radio signals...the damage which seems to go unseen, is massive...
some ppl are running around like robots or puppets...and cannot relate to reality...
but manage to hold work position in society...well like i said, it is my main objective in my studies...so i could go on and on...but getting back to u...
i did not diagnose, i gave symptom known to be cause of migraines...what makes speaking about migraines acceptable, but attention disorders looked upon differently...
and no, i do not feel i am better in any way than anyone else...there are many things i cannot do, not cuz of illness, cuz no man is an island...we need to rely on one another, as we cannot go it alone...
i have learned to like this self, which i do not know, the effects of the illness, takes from me, so i do my best to find what i do like about myself and work with this...
never in my life have i thought myself to be better than anyone...we are all in this together, we are needing support from one another, while perhaps the low freq. radio signals are
effecting us...or whatever the causes, we must learn to live together and help one another, or we will not survive.
when i received an honor for some accomplishment, i did not feel better than others...in fact, i was walking after an award ceremony, as i like to walk, and i came across a 'bum'...to give this word accent, that i use it not as bad word, well, this particular bum, used to sit in same spot, waiting for someone to give him a bottle, or a dollar to buy a bottle...
i never exchanged words with him...but i had what he wanted, in hand...i did not approve of his living condition, and considered 'booze' to be a detriment to majorities...but i was not there to judge, nor to deny or give, according to my mood...his hands shook bad i withdrawal...i say aloud to the wind, oh God, and lower my head, stopping the tears which want to flow...
take a swallow, and a breath, and lift my head again, ready to meet his gaze...he did show look on face of gratefulness, and relief, knowing he could put himself out of misery for another while...as he gazed at my face, he saw the sadness in which i felt in giving this gift...but he never once thought i felt like i was better than him...his life took him in a different direction, who knows why or what...
and to add to the rest of the false accusations...u assume i think i am better than others...hell, i did bunches of things which i regret...i am human, i am like everyone else...i have no reason to deem myself, nor redeem myself...i am me, and i continually work on myself, to be better than i am, not better than others, but better than i am...
i am responsible for me...and i have many children, friends of my children and hteir children, and children of my friends, who are adults too, in fact my youngest grandchild became of age this year...but i got little ones ...
i am an example, and i am admired by these young and old...i am responsible for what i do, and the influence which i have, by being liked, and loved...
it is not a matter of being better, or best, it is a matter of helping them to understand themselves and their own potential...
your comment 'only me' in first place, this is not my creation...i have added some insights to needs, and rules we must follow..but i am not going to take the honor in which is not my doing...i admire my commander, she is smart and quick and thoughtful, a natural when it comes to helping ppl who have suffered and/or are suffering...before i met her, i was so fed up with all the crap, i was ready to quit...thru her, i am gaining trust again, for she is trustworthy...i am able to keep up with duties, as she monitors me, and cares how i feel, notices the times i normally keep and the changes...and fits me me in to be able to be a part of something which i see as good, and worthy. she takes care of so many on an individual basis, as well as attending to all the forms and duties of a ranked officer...she amazes me...and i am so glad to have this time with her. it is an experience i will be grateful for...we may not agree on everything, but we dont let that get in our way, we both are of like mind, we want the word police to have honor again, we can do this easily, for we have honor, and we have good intentions...there will be some who infiltrate and hide breaking the rules, and others who judge one group as being the same as another...think about it from this perspective...u r looking for shapes in a shop...u find two different stores, in which u like the look of the shapes, so u either buy them both, or decide on one...
turns out the first one is lousy, but the second one is well made and looks good...so it is also with other groups...there is title of shapes, but one is different...so is also with police...hopefully, our example of how a peace officer behaves, will pass on to other groups, and eventually, the bully ones, find they are by title, associated with good, so go on to a new role play...these ppl, some of them can be helped...they need help to deal with angers and possibly physical conditions which effect their behavior...
oh btw, your remark saying am i a psy dr. too...i tend to lean toward thinking if i was, u would dislike me even more...
the straight A;s was high school..4 years of required english at that time...
i have several accomplishments...put my disorder to good use...lol...
but my greatest accomplishment in life, is the love which surrounds me...this is more important to me than anything else i can do in life...to have the new generation born, and the child to look at me, as a baby, with love...
i work in many areas...i spent years in volunteer service...i was radio dispatcher in small town...i worked at safe house for abused women...i volunteered victim assistances, a phone call away for someone in need...i worked seminars on death and dying subject...hey, i am aged, i have lived...and i have more living to do...
i have no need to satisfy myself as u stated at the start...i have satisfied that need, but i find i enjoy serving...
i am not a 'poor me' sort of person...i am high spirited, and a realist...

then if you have all this wonderful love, support and happiness, why are you not putting your time to better use, such as mentoring at one of the many Orientation Islands, or helping new residents enjoy their secondlife more, instead of making them feel as if they entered a warzone?

im sorry, not buyin it.

Yes, yes you are. You may not *like* the word, but the definition applies.

vigilante |ˌvijəˈlantē|
noun
a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate.

(Source, Oxford American Dictionary)

Does the above apply to your group?

Mari

only the writing style alone will tick every one off...police isn`t LL sanctioned so vigilanty in nature as said befor...paragraphs to unreadable to paragraphs...think we`re seeing multiple alt syndrome in action...how many alt do you have...? you say not to judge by title...but, this title being abused to this title is judged...many years since high school, so for me, yet, i am not english/american and only used the shortcuts, if you have been to school at all, you would know how to paragraph, do it from the start and keep with it...not change 20 times a thread...you claim being attacked...we are being attacked for no reason with shuved on nonsense spam of nonsense wannabe rental cops wich are no better then wannabe griefers...you posted here and knew from the start your so called grief department is frowned upon...you choose this, you keep feeding it...shit, i get an headache just trying to write like this...

/me puts Alicia in the corner......

my corner is so big no one wants to come here and anyone who is here, wants to leave, warm&cozy

when you come to visit me, a corner will be reserved for you untill the end of days, reading this sort of writing all day long (hint, it never gets dark here)

as for the op...god i hope it goes upstairs...

/ignore troll

better not or else you`ll never know when getting a ticket when driving sideways

now who has the pie? we`re overdue with it

This is getting just as bad as the blog with the current totally degration of how things are gong on sl. Have you seen the post about running multi avies? Now if that is education and awareness then we area ll in deep ........********.

This really is all Daniel Lindens fault.

What people do in SL is only of relation to them. It only effects YOU when they interact with YOU. And yes, this applies if you see something agaisnt the ToS/CS, but with reguards to their RP, or RL, you are acting on assumtions and have no proof.

By filing AR's on things you have incomplete proof of, you become more of a griefer than those spraying particles and self-rezzing prims all over the grid. Each AR against an innocent person is still cataloged by LL, so basically, you are making their account look like crap for no reason other than your own sense of self-rightousness.

If you want to help "protect the kids" then get out in RL and make parents be PARENTS again instead of letting them simply blame the system for not watching what their children are doing. Quite frankly, if an underage person is on the Main Grid having pixel sex, then the parents need punished for not taking proper care of their children.

On another note, you will gain more credibility here on the forums if you learn to write properly. Esspecially if you are heading up such an organization in-world, and wishing people to take said organization seriously.

It is "you" not "u". It is "please" not "plz".

As for the "rudeness" of replies here, you should have seen that comming. "Police" in SL have a long history of being troublemakers, and thinly vieled griefer groups. If you haven't realised that yet, I suggest you stop trying to form such an organization. Go back to square one and study the world and the community before trying to change it. If you expected to be welcomed with open arms, then it shows an incredible lack of foresight.

And no, I don't give empathy for any "illness". I have friends in SL that are confined to wheelchairs, suffering from terminal diseases, etc, etc. Playing that "sympathy card" here actually has the opposite effect, because there was absolutely no reason to tell us that other than to gardner sympathy. I don't care one wit about anything in anyone's RL. HERE you are as you display yourself.

If you and yoru organization want to help the people of SL, then that's great. Keep up the good work.

Calling yourselves "police" is a misnomer and will gain you negative outlooks from the start. If you're not prepared for taking that negativity, then change your group title or quit, but don't come asking for us to accept what has been proven time and time again to be a "bad thing".

~Jessy

Huh?

You've gone on record admitting you gamed the Blog comments limit in the past.

nah, lets be consiquent and keep blaming Phil

Nah, he likes it. Sadist.

~Jessy

in first place, i was being sarcastic...sarcasm is a tool i use sometimes to make a point without directly accusing...and yes, i am overwelmed, and ready to quit this thread, i have spent hours, but i am trying to not sleep so much, so it is a past time which is near the end of my tolerance...sleep is near...
i said all i can say and still get called vigilante...lol...my friends, if i told them i was called this, would not believe that anyone would call me this...

i have been asked for help, by some who spent time with me, and knew i could be trusted...in this instance, i gave what any friend would give, some advices, on how to handle situations out of hand...and sat with a young man, who's aunt died in his arms, of cancer, and her son, his cousin having drug problems...sometimes an ear is all that is needed for a person to work out problems...

i think these ppl who have attacked me, falsely accusing me, and continue with negative, needed to be told how they appear to another person...
this attack started because i wanted to make awareness that here is help at anyones reach...instead, because group has title of police...i get griefed...i get griefed for my accomplishments, and i did not say or do anything which would merit this treatment...
i feel pity for these folks, knowing they must have miseries, but they refuse to waken, and make themselves get past the small hills, so how in the hell can they climb a mountain, and then be angry at someone who is hopeful in being able to climb the mountain...this one seems made of ice...

i am not one who conforms...so i surely would not expect this from others...
if u look at the threads, u will see the nut comments, long before i responded...
i do not feel anger, i feel sadness, and pity...
look again joseph, i am not in judgement of what is or is not acceptable...
i do not accept the freedom which is used to harm others, to manipulate young minds.
i do not accept citizens having to worry about their bank account being hacked...
i do not accept the greed which instigate much of the griefings...for that is what most is about...the other side being the cliques who have fun with each other enjoying the verbal harrassments and/or other griefings...
but thanx, for slowing me down a bit...showing me what i said could be taken the wrong way...u r right, and i should have left it alone after the first one...but i see these ppl in trouble, for their reactions to be so hard, hard on a person who has only the motive of serving...of watching, and sharing with others to find solutions...
perhaps maybe in all this rambling, something i said will touch someone too...thanx for touching base with me...but read on, the attention disorder i spoke of, well i am also, and have been all my life in this category...never using drugs to help, but forcing myself when for instance, i can't read, and concentrate, i read again...i did find, in reading out loud, to the kids, and now to my cats (oh this ought to get a lonely old sad lady comment, she has cats)...anyway, i find i am able to focus...others are opposite, they do not know what exactly constitutes the reactions, and is still in study... so since i did not say, i suffered from this disorder, it was taken out of context...why would i say it in a diragative manner, when i have it also.

Acceptable...somethings are acceptable to some and not to others...but the original post of this thread, was speaking about something which should never be acceptable to anyone...it got blown into ...i am gonna get on my child sim and meet with my friend and do hoola hoops...i saw no response to her, telling her she was wrong, nor any of the others...

many times i have been offered a position of authority...i have always turned it down...for one thing, i would not make a good boss at anything, i am not of that accord...nor am i a follower...
the position i take is that of a true queen...not saying i am a queen, she is not a boss,
a true queen, yes she is served, but she is short on time and her needs would not be met as she cares more for others than paying attention to herself...
she knows her posiition...she is to serve...hell, lady godiva, a shy woman, rode naked down the streets, to seal a deal made with her king...he had known she was shy, and never believed she would do this, but a deal is a deal...of course, he didnt notice she had grown her hair for the purpose of hiding most of her nude body...
in return, life was made better for those she served...well i am a bit far out some times...but many enjoy this about me...
bottom line is, i do care...and i may not have a big part, but i feel any good i can do, will meet with other's good deeds, and we will grow, and learn from one another...
does not matter how aged u get, or howmuch u enjoy study, there is always something new to learn...i hope i take my lessons well...

If my brain ever grows up, I want it to be able to say things like this...