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'Second Life' Protest Against U.S. Military Action in Iran


Submitted by thankeeka on February 23, 2007 - 11:29am. General News

Where in the world can you counter an anti-war demonstration with a dog and bear dancing to "La Cucaracha"? Only in Second Life folks. Recently, a few Second Lifers gathered around to demonstrate against possible U.S. military action against Iran, signaling that the game is quickly turning into a hodgepodge of political activities, as we only recently reported on John Edwards' Second Life campaign headquarters opening up recently.

From the article:

In his The Click Heard Round the World blog, Second Lifer Rik Riel reports on an in-game demonsration protesting possible U.S. military action against Iran. According to Rik:

There are twenty-some avatars gathered at the Capitol Hill sim holding signs and shouting slogans at each other… Someone is shooting off some rather spectacular particle effects, which is quite pretty…

The Second Life Herald has more, including news that the protest appeared to be more or less of a spontaneous event.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com


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