Clarification......of one issue.

Today Linden labs posted a Clarification of Policy Disallowing “Ageplay”

I hate child avatars.
I don't even need to see them engaged in questionable behavior to hate them.

That makes me pause to think a moment.
That makes me intolerant.
I am, and freely admit I am intolerant to child avatars.

as an experiment.....if you haven't already.....type these words into your second life search engine.....
Rape
Murder
Kill
Blood

I have seen tables soaked in blood to strap victims on.....white aprons covered in blood for that uber real serial killer look. knives.....hatchets.....you name it.
I hate these things too.
These are the evil elements of our society following us into our virtual world.
But then who decides what is evil and what isn't.....
And can we really define evil.....put a label on it and ban it as well.
If me and 'Avatar A' go to my payed for sim and have go at the pose balls I feel its my business and my right.
If I tie 'Avatar A' to the bed, with consent mind you......I still feel I am within my rights.
If 'Avatar A" is a furry does that mean i dabble in bestiality?
When 'Avatar A" discovers I am not a biological female will there be a "second life beareu of gender authenticity" to report me to?

lets face it...
yes .....second life is an incredible teaching platform that can change the way we learn on a global and unprecedented scale.
yes....second life stands to change the way we do business and shop online in that same global capacity.
But what has hooked the vast majority of us is the social aspect we experience. The people we meet.....fall in love with.....have sex with.
We are pioneers in a new frontier.
There are no laws to govern this new frontier. Like the wild west of the 1800s we learn and make the rules as we go along.
Who decides what is acceptable and what is not in this new world?

It is us....the pioneers.

It must fall to us to decide what is wrong and what is right.
which fetishes (and intolerances to fetishes) we allow to follow us into that frontier.

Kudos To the Lindens for attempting to tackle this emotionally charged issue.
They do their part in trying to clear the ethics of this new world.
Its up to us to be tolerant and strong on our convictions and our neighbors.

The future of our second lives demands it.