Double standards

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Very nice.
Ageplay of any kind, which is a fantasy between two consenting adults, is EVIL, and more than likely soon to be banned completely from SL.

YET!!!!! Rape groups, bestiality groups, gambling, Gor and several others are still perfectly fine. Last I checked, rape was illegal in the States, as well as the rest of the world. Bestiality is also illegal in the US, yet...SL allows it to exist.

Yes, in SL, they're ALL fantasies...so how do you condemn one without condemning the others? You either eliminate ALL or you stand by your original statement of a year ago of "The only thing we're intolerant of IS intolerance".

As an aside, the Terms Of Service should be all that SL needs to defend itself from those crying about actual underage children being on the adult grid. I only have this to say about it: Parents need to be held accountable for what their kids are watching on the computer/internet.

Incorrect. Recent TOS has stated that LL will not allow the advertising of Casinos or Gambling either.

This really needed to be its own thread?

Lindens can do whatever they want. It's their service. Get over it. Go ageplay someplace else.

And as customers of theirs we can voice our opinions on how they run that service. Deal with it.

Possessing weapons of mass destruction and shooting people in the face without a license to is illegal, yet we can still shoot people in the face.
This whole thing is leaving me confused as to where to stand on it, but the question is where to draw the line? I mean, sure rape is illegal in real life because it hurts people physicallay/emotionally, as the word implies is you are FORCING yourself upon them. But you can't do that in SL, so rape groups are just another form of RP, that I may not agree with, but ultimately don't hurt anybody so long as they aren't doing it in public spaces or whatever.

Same with bestiality, I'm a furry and I don't for a second condone the abuse of animals, I own a horse and wouldn't know justice complete enough for anyone who abused her. But SL doesn't HAVE any 'real' animals, it's just pretend. Again, so long as people aren't forcing it on others by doing it in public I see no issue with it as ultimately it doesn't hurt anyone either.

Same with age-play, sure I think it's weird and disgusting but that's my opinion of it. Others obviously enjoy it, and again, so long as they aren't doing it in public then it doesn't hurt anyone either.

I mean, we need to draw a line on this because it's one thing to perform a horrific real-life crime such as child or animal abuse or rape, it's another do something that's pretend and just LOOKS like it. It's the same with violent video games, I can buy a game where I shoot the crap out of people, cut off their arms and legs, but it's completely different from me going out and DOING it.
SL is all about "our world" and "our imagination", so long as we don't hurt anyone or cross any truly illegal boundaries (such as importing child-porn, copyright materials and gambling since legislation now covers it in many places) then all we do is imagine, acting out things as pretend. However weird or sick to other people some of these things are, doing it virtually as pretend is a hell of a lot better than going out and doing it, and I don't see why there should be any problem so long as no-one is being hurt by these things and it's kept private with individuals interested in it.

So by all means; ban the crap out of people importing child-porn, or beastiality pictures, or rape photos or whatever. But beyond imported images these crimes don't actually EXIST in SL where everyone is an adult free to CHOOSE so why are we trying to enforce it?! The only thing to enforce is inappropriate behaviour, I for one don't want to see child avatars whoring themselves, or random people shagging a goat in public. But if they do it in private where I can't see them or at a club for that group where it's acceptable behaviour, then I don't mind it at all.

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