Now this is really too much! If you don't know of the censorship of Burning Man second life event you can read it at SLinsider (and the follow-up). In short, Lindens didn't like the fact that statue of woman have nipples so they censored the event. If they are fine with the fact that humans in RL have nipples is still unknown. But, it doesn't stop on mere censorship. It has to be spiced with insults.
From Burning Life blog (via Virtual Village Voice):
[10:10] Iridium Linden: Hi GavinLeigh. Thanks for your note. I did tell Vicero that bits (ex: nipples) could not be shown in a PG sim. Perhaps we can reassign your plot to a Mature Burning Life sim. I’ll investigate and get back to you. Or perhaps you can make the breast without so much detail. I know that’s a lot to ask, but let’s see if we can find an alternative first.
Breast with not so much detail! You freaking idiot, where did you saw breasts without nipples? Do you know how women feels about their breasts and their nipples? I am sorry if you were grown under the stone, but I am even more sorry that you have grown at all. If you are so disgusted by nipples why didn’t you refused to eat as a baby and died on time, you piece of scum!
Rant over.
Laetizia asked for an apology:
I demand an official apology on the Second Life blog, containing the words overzealous, overstepped, clear and boundary. I demand that the statue be allowed to stand on the intended spot, in her full nude glory, with a notecard giver next to it to give out the full text of said blog.
In addition to this, I ask an apology for Iridium Linden's words.
And I ask you to repost this. It doesn't matter if you are female, if your avatar is female, if you are a man with male avatar. This offense is just too much.
Comments in my blog.
Hm. On the scale from 1 to 10 in nonsensicality, this move ranks about 100-150.
Hence, I think it is time to take some action.
*pff*
Thank you both on support.
And Dalien, thanks for the rest of what you and the guys are doing for the free world!
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Er are you stupid?
Iridium was following basic ToS when she did that, and it wasnt her who directly censored it.
This is a very late comment but you shouldn’t so darn rude about that woman!
I may be silly, maybe crazy but I am not stupid. I know what breasts are, I know what nipples are, I know they go together…. I know that PG sim is and I know what Burning Man is… I don’t know what ToS has against depicting parts of human body.
I don’t remember community ever got those apologies. Once again, somebody got away with other issues coming along. Thanks for bringing this up. And if you want to know what rude is, check what Iridium had to say about it all, and how she was trying to erase all the evidence from the web.
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