January 25, 2007
Scribe Wagner James Au writes about a pitched virtual battle fought inside Second Life recently between members of Front National, a far-right French political movement and protestors who picketed FN's virtual island property in the game.Many regard FN as a fascist organization, which apparently sparked the SL protests. Ocurring in the popular MMO's virtual space, the action took a unique form, as decribed by Au:
One enterprising insurrectionist created a pig grenade, fixed it to a flying saucer, and sent several whirling into Front National headquarters, where they'd explode in a starburst of porcine shrapnel. A few native English speakers joined the fray, though at least one missed the point in either direction, unhelpfully shouting "The French stink! Get out of Second Life!" and the like amid the conflict.
And so, while America slept, the battle against extremism raged on thus in Europe.
By last weekend, whole sections of the FN office were gone, apparently lost to lag or sabotage, their banners and posters floating in mid-air. And FN members seemed notably absent, too...
As for Front National, though they're gone from the land of Porcupine, they claim to be unphased.
"They're a bunch of losers," FN Officer Wolfram Hayek tells me grinning, when I ask about the protesters. "We're gonna tighten security and come back."
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Max
Max Dapto IS MDR, but I'd rather use the Max Dapto name for a change of pace.
Pig grenades sound funny, though.
Watch here (in French) : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzc14_segolene-message-secondlife
Don't think much of it, as it tells me nothing on her politics.
I wonder how long before groups like GreenPeace take this kind of idea and start to picket the corporations who have set up offices in SL.
"By last weekend, whole sections of the FN office were gone, apparently lost to lag or sabotage, their banners and posters floating in mid-air."
That would have to be one of the funniest things to see. "But my office was just here a moment ago, and now there's just floating office decorations..."
What options DOES a SL'er have to defend themselves against such assaults?
I hear plenty of SL war-stories from fellow friends, from zombie-attacks to nuclear briefcases, to "hump-his-head" attackers.
It's supposed to be one heck of a party. ;D
I've heard in the aftermath of the Anshe flying phallus attack that she threatened to sue those covering the story on grounds of DMCA for them using her avatar
.......And I still wonder why I decided not to rent land from her Dreamland sims......Oh, wait, the furry sim closing incident. Silly me.
MDR AKA Max
Retraction Article:
http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2007/01/16/anshe-chungs-rl-husband-retr...
Goo Attack article:
http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2007/01/25/goo-attack-wired-magazine-at...
And I see, Wagner.
MDR AKA Max
...especially if you started detonating animal ordnance.
No actual pigs, porcine or fascist, were harmed during this protest.
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