One cannot have SL Herald as a source of trustful information, but sometimes even a hint is enough. It says there is an abortion clinic in one of second life's malls. It also said that pro-life activists heard about that, got there and filled tons of abuse reports. A bit after, Minerva Linden came and deleted some stuff.
Yes, this raises all the questions about many things that happens in virtual worlds, from right of free expression to the taste of the creators. But, everything gets a completely new dimension when one teleports there and see that it's W-Hat, an infamous griefer group, that is running the sim.
Aforementioned mall is actually a nice piece of irony. It is ugly as many of those malls around made in an attempt of getting rich over night. But it doesn't rent space. It just shows you the essence of where we live. Or tries to.
So, among colorful Ponzi pyramides, giant cocks, Scientology church, camping chairs (that is, chairs to put near your tent when you go to camp in the forest), skins that are ripped from bodies that still hang from the ceiling, spoof ads… there is an abortion clinic. And yes, all that blood can be disturbing.
Personally, it is also disturbing to see all those 'tards who haven't got the idea and the message, all those politically correct, quick-to-fill-an-AR preachers around. It is disturbing to see a Linden being so quick this time.
So, is this clinic griefing? Maybe it is. It uses shock and it aims where we don't want to be touched. But unlike what way we got used to, nobody comes to other people's sims and ruins their fun or business. Except those that think of themselves as the good guys. Those that came to somebody's sim and disturbed something that can be a political and/or art statement, something that shook some minds and provoke some thinking.
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