second life
01/31/2007
Second Life Super-Nerds Completely Miss the Point
The point of a political protest, I always thought, was to increase awareness of an issue and make your opinions heard. So this Second Life anti-war protest makes absolutely no sense to me. For one thing, the only people who could witness this protest are the 25,000 maximum users who might have been logged into the virtual reality. For another, the only real opinion stated is that "war is bad" -- hardly a convincing argument for either side.
This video is essentially a music video of avatars with signs, inflammatory slogans pixel-rendered onto costumes. Featuring the stiffest posturing seen since the 2004 Kerry campaign, it's not hard to understand why this video has inspired so much mockery. Why can't supernerds use their powers for good? Not that I know what good is. I just know that this isn't it.
