Another Thought on Second Life

Yo

Makropoulos again.

Yeah, the real one,

not the fake one.

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You see, the avatar that I occupy in this life

is actually channeling at least one other personality at

the same time. No, well, probably three*

Anyway, the reason why I have trouble getting my own time

on this blog lately

is because one of the other personalities she's channeling

has this book, see.

And she really wants to publish

this book, see.

And she's working on that,

and it takes a hell of a lot of time.

I'd love it if she'd just publish the damned thing,

'cause she's getting kind of interesting in this blog,

and she ain't a bad writer, so as soon as I can get her

on board, well, this blog may rock

a little more.

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I spoke about Second Life

a day or two ago,

and all the reasons I don't like it.

Now I'm going to tell you

why I find it to be so fascinating.

I saw an episode of 

C.S.I. New York

where they were solving a murder

where the motivation,

and even the murderer, could be found

on Second Life.

Since I didn't know much

about Second Life at the time,

I thought it was

kind of cool

There was one scene,

where there was a fight

on Second Life.

Clearly, one can have a pretty wicked battle

under the disguise of
Second Life,

even get one's head cut off

a couple times,

and still walk away from it.

So I thought:

wouldn't it be cool if

nations could fight their wars

on Second Life

and live in peace

on the Planet Earth.

All the 

demented,

crazed,

warriors of the world

could just have it out

in internet land

and live

placid,

uneventful,

maybe even peaceful

lives

in our bodies.

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If you think about it that way,

Second Life

could be the absolute cure

of all the social ills of the earth:

we could just act out our naughtiness

virtually.

But honestly,

that's just crazy:

there will always be somebody

not happy to kill another in a Second Life;

they'll want to see what it's like to do it

in the Real, First Life, as well,

and so we'd have to be prepared and ready

to deal with that, in a civil way.

(That brings us back to the question of the Fall of Man,

and Reproduction, 

and how the Fall of Man

is actually linked with the compulsion

to reproduce (ie: see one's self

as if in a mirror.)  Please

read my other entries

on those topics to get my drift. . . . )

But, you see,

people who think they have to do something

in this Real Life are actually

people

who recognize that this Real Life

is just

a Second Life,

and therefore,

disposable.

There will always be people

like myself

not content to do it

in the Second Life,

and when those people have

murderous tendencies,

well, they're dangerous.

So anyway, 

that's why we still need

law and order

in this earthly life;

because that's

what we're here for,

to make sure we get it right

in the First Life, so we don't have to do
a Second Life.

However, let me propose:

the Second Life

can handle those times

when collectively,

a group (nation) wants to attack

another group  (nation).

Couldn't it?

If there was enough at stake

in the Second Life,

then,

it may suit us well

as a battle field.

It would appear,

after all,

that the next few generations

are best prepared

to fight on that terrain.

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