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22 Feb 2007
The popular Second Life virtual gaming environment has suffered its first terrorist action.
The so-called 'Second Life Liberation Army', a home-grown terrorist cell of users, has staged an online attack for the first time, calling for democratic decision-making in the virtual community.
Terrorists 'bombed' an American Apparel outlet and a Reebok store as part of a campaign for more of a say in the affairs of the online community.
An avatar called 'Marshal Cahill' told the LA Times in an in-world interview: "The population of the world should have a say in the running of the world."
The action highlights a growing tension between long-term Second Lifers and those who have recently joined, and the corporations which have followed them.
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terrorist or freedom fighters?
SLLA is not a 'griefing bunch of fools'. Call these attacks a mistake if you like.. SLLA will be seen and heared of, but not through bombing and griefing. There goal is to form a more democratic society in SL, wich is now ruled by roughly two large players: Linden Lab and Anshe Chung. Democracy is a great part of our society. So any fight for more democracy in SL should be welcomed with open armes, not with arms...
Posted by: Deejay 24 Mar 2007
Spare me the pedantic psychobabble
Seriously - you think this is the 'first' time someone has attempted to 'terrorize' the second life grid with stupidity and ignorance? Give me a break. SL has had MANY spouts of griefers over the past several years of its existence. And frankly, its all 'BS'. The so called Cyber terrorists are nothing more than a bunch of rowdies looking to get attention. Ignore them folks, they'll eventually get bored and go away. In fact - they had such LITTLE impact on MY second life experience that I didn't even know they had done anything until I read it on my google news page. :-P
Posted by: Rampant Lyon SL User 22 Feb 2007
Liberation Army
Liberation Army has been around for at least four months now. This is not the first attack they made, some of their attacks are in YouTube already.So no big news there...
Posted by: Defne Demar 22 Feb 2007