The part about making inquiries about identity, new or not in TOS ?

I just went to the TOS page and wondered if this clause has anything new in it.

http://secondlife.com/corporate/tos.php


ACCOUNT REGISTRATION AND REQUIREMENTS

2.1 You must establish an account to use Second Life, using true and accurate registration information.

You must establish an account with Linden Lab (your "Account" to use the Service, except for those portions of the Websites to which Linden Lab allows access without registration. You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the registration form ("Registration Data" and maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. You may establish an Account with Registration Data provided to Linden Lab by a third party through the use of an API, in which case you may have a separate, additional account relationship with such third party. You authorize Linden Lab, directly or through third parties, to make any inquiries we consider necessary to validate your Registration Data. Linden Lab reserves all rights to vigorously pursue legal action against all persons who misrepresent personal information or are otherwise untruthful about their identity, and to suspend or cancel Accounts registered with inaccurate or incomplete information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge that Linden Lab cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information submitted by any user of the Service, nor any identity information about any user.

I get a headache reading all of that.

I wonder how that applies to those of who are transexual in real life who marked there gender they live here and real life but aren't technically legally or have dual gender indenties due to legal or personal reasons. Would they consider this issue and could target people like this under the TOS if they choose too? It doesn't say where you can correct or change registration information either.

Just because a restuarant says "not responsible for your hat and coat" doesn't mean they aren't.

Putting this completely unverifiable "requirement" in the ToS is just a CYA move. What more do they actually need then the ability to terminate your account for any reason or no reason?

I'm guessing as a money launderer (e.g. Risk API) they are trying to mitigate their liability in that realm because that is something the Federales do care about.

I find it ironic that the word count of this one little clause about Identity in the TOS is 208 words, while the ENTIRE community standards are only 387 words.