Suicide Girls Redux

It posted earlier in this thread, I think.

Should I assume you're avoiding my questions?

Par for the course I'm afraid Csven.

I am not. This may indicate to you the significance of the impression you've made.

You didn't know Enabran is a girl?

Sheesh, so much ado about nothing.

In my time, my father, my brother (at age 19) and my sister-in-law (breast cancer) have committed suicide.

In no way do I find the name "Suicide" offensive, particularily if it existed previously outside of SL before this project.

What I do find offensive is that some people think they have the right to speak for me and my views of things.

On the same note, I have horrible food allergies, one of them being cocoanut, 1 gram of it is enough to put me into anaphyllaxis, requiring injections and antihistamines.

The word cocoanut offends me far more than suicide, but you won't see me jumping up and down and crying "offensive".

This thread is friggen absurd.

You boys need to head over to the Sims Brokeback Mod {*wonders if former Sims residents knew of this before hand*}

I'm frightened. Might just go sit in the corner, rocking gently.

I'm allergic to ragweed! (I really am!)

coco

Precisely.

And it could all have been so easily avoided, if only LL had thought it through fully, and considered the negative reaction and attention it might have caused, before creating the problem in the first place.

Of course they can experiment. Of course they can invite whatever groups they like... but this wasn't the best choice. Would people be so supportive if the Ku Klux Klan or the American Nazi Party had been chosen to offer a free experimental 'in world presence'? I think not.

I hope that LL learn some lessons from this, but if past experience is anything to go by, I'm not holding my breath.

Lewis

Waits for someone to request Ogrish group status. Yes it's just as sickening as suicide IMO. Won't that be a fun group.

A life of allergies is not fun, as you know.

If my name was Weedy Ragweed, I doubt that would offend you, because of the context for which it was created.

If the Suicide Girls were here to advocate mass suicide, I might be offended, but that is purely not the case.

You just cannot see the difference between legal and illegal/downright extremist can you. You are an idiot. I see no other explanation for you logical black hole.

Most of this could of been avoided had they added "girls" to the name in *question.. IMO.

*typo queen

Is the negative reaction that widespread? It's certainly vocal, and Ingrid was a surprise voice of opposition. But from what I have been reading it sounds like most people are fine with the SG program.

Most ppl in the forums. Wish there was a way to poll all of SL.

Cat

Edit to add:

120,000 users
20 opinions (roughly)

My math says 20 is not a majority of anything

But that 'mod' is something that users CHOOSE to download and install on their Sims 2 game, if they happen to be into gay cowboy movies.

It is their choice entirely.

It's just like cheating there Rosebud;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!;!:!:!:!:!:!:!:! affects nobody else but you.

In an online game, everything affects every other user in some way or another... you run a grid-crashing script, it's not just you that sees the game grind to a halt and sit down, every player is affected..... in the same way, by actively promoting and supporting a porn site (rather than "well it might exist in game but its not a selling point" attitude of before) then it changes the way the general populace view SL from the outside.

I thought SL was something different, unique....... quite why they are sliding down the path of the lowest common denominator that everything else sheepishly follows I don't understand.

Lewis

There you go again with the absurd references again. The KKK and Nazi party are both hate groups, which are forbidden in SL anyway. Making an association between them and this situation is just ridiculous.

Disregarding your personal attack (which is usually the last form of defense when there is nothing else left to support your point of view), I don't understand.

Do you support the Bush Sign Guy? That's perfectly legal but definitely disapproved by a large portion of the community.

Remember....... "Just because you can...... doesn't mean you should".

Lewis

I'm not for it, but I'm not going to argue it extensively on forums. I don't have the time nor the strong constitution for it right now.

Its a good thing you don't buy that - because I pointed out that it's not and historical references.. Especially with the university study groups.

And some more - whatabout Cory Doctorow?

Bastard got his own last name... THE BASTARD. JUST ONE! ELITIST BASTARD!

eh.. I utterly fail to see the big deal about this. A group is offered the same thing as others have in the past - hell even the 'ebay island sale' came with the 100 accounts thing that would let them have a last name (if memory serves me correctly).

On the 'sleaze' factor - the SL 'adult' (because its not all porn) has been around since 1.0 when I joined - nothing new to see there either.. and even if this WERE a promotion of outside product (also not new - see Avalon with RRR and Miss Jones promotions) is nothing new.

Or - perhaps - this is just something added that the SG are offering their peeps - in the same way an online community might offer a blog - they have a 3d virtual world they can hang in.

Either way - theres nothing new to see here.

I submit, that like Jack Nicholson said in 'As Good As It Gets' - people aren't pissed they have it so bad - they're pissed others have it so good.

I don't know Cristiano I think some ppl are seeming like they would support anything LL does.

On a side note I wanna know;

Ohhhhhh who do I have to virtualy boink to get an "i" at the end of my name lol.

You call them "hate groups" .... change that for "offensive", and you can lump in the Suicide Girls quite easily.

It's funny how free speech is so important.... yet doesn't apply equally to everyone and everything. Especially, it seems, viewpoints that go against the general populace of the few that read the forums.

Lewis

I'm sorry, Csven, I've been checking this thread while cleaning the guest room, and it has flown past at a rapid pace. Let me look back and see what they are.

coco

Meh, no I offered my personal attack because it's the only explanation I give your absurd comments about the KK and American Nazi Party. If you believe what you're writing, then you are not a sensible human being. You are an idiot.

Did I support the Bush Sign Guy? Try and find a post from me about it. (Hint: you won't) I could care less either way.

I wish you'd take your last line of advice and apply it to the drivel you keep on posting. Just because you can post it, doesn't mean you should.