Skinhead Mission

I am not going to take sides because clearly no one cares what my personal opinion is on this issue, but...

...why is it so hard to understand that in some circles the skinhead name is considered very offensive and as such, LL has to take action on it.

Don't take it so personal.

I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't LL employees who may also sympathize or associate with the skinhead lifestyle but ultimately it is not about any individual Linden, me, or you.

It's about LL the company.

It is their responsibility to see to see to it that they are representative and speak for all of SL's residents. They would be remiss and potentially liable if they weren't proactive in regard to handling sensitive matters. I think we can all agree, judging by the varying opinions on this and other threads, that this would qualify as a sensitive matter.

I am assuming we are all adults on these forums, but it baffles me that as adults some of us do not understand that as a company, it behooves LL to be proactive in regard to risk management and matters of potential liability.

To do otherwise would be foolhardy on their part.

I am assuming we are all adults on these forums, but it baffles me that as adults some of us do not understand that as a company, it behooves LL to be proactive in regard to risk management and matters of potential liability.

I wouldn't go so far as to say it is a false association, but rather *another* association. Whether or not there are perfectly non-racist... even anti-racist skinheads, unfortunately, does not excuse the fact that there are racists calling themselves skinheads.

...why is it so hard to understand that in some circles the skinhead name is considered very offensive and as such, LL has to take action on it.

Backpedal much Burnman? And I'm not playing the victim, nor do I feel persecuted. I simply take offense to people who state that I and my friends are something we are not. Kinda like when my girlfriend takes offense to people stating that where *they* come from, all Mexicans are shiftless, lazy illegals. Not a whole lot of difference, really.

-S

Forgive me for repeating myself, but this does need to be emphasised.

The issue, as I see it, is not that the Lindens disallowed the name. Nor that they banned an avatar from using a specific name. That is something which leaves an area for discussion.

It is that we are told they did so without any warning or discussion.

And either the non-racist skinheads are so much of an insignificant minority in the realm of "skinheadedness" that many people have never heard of you, or you guys just royally suck at setting the record straight.

Or they might just not feel they have any reason to spend time pandering to the extreme ignorance and blinkered views of others?

Generally, a bigot is a bigot, and the ignorant are very often ignorant by choice. You won't change that no matter what you say. So why bother?

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n : a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations

There are more vocal "white power" skinheads than there are non-racist skinheads.

Why would a non-racist skinhead be inclined to vocalise their non-racism ?
(Except maybe to pander to bigots and attempt to show that they are not what the other believes them to be)

Yes there probably are more VOCAL racist skinheads - but then there are probably more vocal "anything"-ists as that is the nature of the beast - to voice your oppinion against something.

The fact remains that skinhead was banned because of a name -
If he were banned because of race, creed, sex or political affiliations then Linden would be in court.

He was banned because he chose a name that Linden allowed him to choose, and use for several months before deciding - on a whim it appears - to close the account and dis-regard everything the person had done and just focus on 8 little letters.

SNIP!


There you have it.

There you have it.

Burnman

It is the fact that in your part of the world 'skinhead' is per se racist that gives you your perspective. That doesn't mean you are right.

The world is far larger than your neck of the woods.

Where I am from (London) there is a widely held view that Americans are fat, loud and wear loud checked clothes. There is a view that people in Southern US states are racists. There is a view that anyone from Liverpool is a tracksuited wearing drunken good for nothing.

They are bigoted and wrong views. Just because that is an opinion based on your personal experience, or in your part of the world, does not make it fact.

Why should Skinheads the world over ensure that your small part of the world, has the correct information?

As a result of these debates, you have been informed by people all over the world, that Skinhead racists are the minority, not the majority, that there is not a world wide view that by the very use of the term Skinhead, is a racist slogan. No it doesn't change your personal experience in your part of the world, but perhaps it is a wake up call to look outside that small area and appreicate there are billions of people in the world, with different experiences and views and on this particular issue, you are plain wrong. Skinheads are not per se racist.

Or should I believe the rhetoric I hear which is that Americans are overweight, self centred, hypocritical, narrow minded bible bashers?

No, I think I will continue to believe that there are a few americans like that, but the vast majority are open minded, educated and considerate of others opinions.

Oh, the vast majority of the americans I have met, are that stereo typical image so using your logic.....

And either non-stereo typical americans are so much of an insignificant minority in the realm of "americanism" that many people have never heard of you, or you guys just royally suck at setting the record straight.

No, I don't believe it either.........

And there is racism everywhere in the US, unfortunately, however there does appear to be a larger number of racists in the south.

*cough *cough* BULL SHIT
the largest concentration of racists is actually the Pacific Northwest, please get your facts straight.

I would be willing to bet someone AR'd the name. I also threw a couple of dictionary references to the word skinhead in my last reply to this thread.

I'd love to see the "hate crime" statistics on this one Billybob.

I'd love to see the "hate crime" statistics on this one Billybob.