To: Yorikke who wrote (208 ) 9/27/1998 8:27:00 PM From: INFO_DART Read Replies (1) | Respond to
SI is a virtual universe populated by beings that are existentially defined in their entirety by what they say. There are no other actions or deeds. You are your speech. To the extent another SI being silences your speech, they kill you, in this virtual world of SI. IMHO, this is the connection between the Real World that gave birth to the poem, ". . . and there was no one left to speak for me," and SI's virtual world where some try to silence others or defeat the truth in the service of their own greed or need.Generalizations are in order here. Let us not get into the situation where the search to understand takes on, in itself, the aspects of the communication we are seeking to understand. We are talking about real people and situations. Half life and all, how would you feel if your discovered your posts being discussed as a form of aberrant behavior? aberrant behavior. In fact, it is actually about par for the SI course. It is because it is so common, that makes it such a problem. It's not that it happens all the time, it only seems to happen when there is a disagreement. Of course, it's the resolution of disagreements that can bring about a new perspective and create the most valuable information for an investor. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. In light of this I have about as much guilt about the honest public study of specific cases as I do about the public study of real life criminals.
