tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485285597118810468.post5243179769628999125..comments2023-06-08T06:39:23.013-07:00Comments on Counterpower: From Intrigued to ObsessedMarc Bousquethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00994490111371549591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485285597118810468.post-31298894151109676592008-04-14T16:07:00.000-07:002008-04-14T16:07:00.000-07:00I think all three of you have very interesting poi...I think all three of you have very interesting points, and I agree with them all in a way. I was not surprised at all that the victims of this cyberspace rape felt symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and showed feelings of hurt and anger towards Mr. Bungle. Just because it wasn't physically happening to them, the descriptions and "pretend" (if thats the way you want to think of it) actions of the rape are just as violating and traumatic. Many people in this LambdaMOO house/community obviously feel like their characters and this virtual life is quite real, and so an event like this should be taken seriously. I definitely think that there is a fine line of how to deal with something that happens in the virtual world in real life but I also feel that this cyberspace rape was indeed wrong and disturbing. And I agree with Deb that people have many different sides to their personality in real life and I think that this Mr. Bungle character has a sick side to him that possibly wanted to do this in real life but instead was able to act out those desires through his virtual self, knowing he could not be persecuted for it in real life.kaylamksilvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02832194733914661684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485285597118810468.post-6432040136149916772008-04-14T12:56:00.000-07:002008-04-14T12:56:00.000-07:00Deb-great point about the way people act in front ...Deb-great point about the way people act in front of their parents vs. their friends. I agree that the same elements of interaction and identity expression find their place on social networking sites. They're just translated into new terms. People acted differently around different people before these sites came around. Multiple self-representation isn't necessarily a bad, or deceptive, thing. It's actually quite normal and must be brought to an extreme level before it can be considered intentionally deceptive.Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00434122179592329024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485285597118810468.post-41199333872747300692008-04-12T21:05:00.000-07:002008-04-12T21:05:00.000-07:00I totally agree with you. In addition though I thi...I totally agree with you. In addition though I think that in real life people also have multiple representations of themselves and they are connected each of these different aspects of themselves in a strong way. So I think that having a virtual representation of oneself is not unlike acting differently around one's peers than one would with their parents. Again the line between the virtual world and reality is very fine.debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09238506931709235445noreply@blogger.com