Over at Second Life their "embedded journalist" Wagner James Au has been reporting on a "Tax Revolt" against a system which the agitators see as "unjustly penalizing ambitious builders,who contribute so much value to the world." Those with long memories or ready access to Julian's "My Tiny Life" will recognize shades of Lambdamoo's quota system and the aggravation of working within the constraints of the ARB's decision-making system.
Au's latest report notes that the revolt has concluded,
"cumulating in a series of thematic events, early in September, from debates on taxation to musket building to Burr-versus-Hamilton-style dueling -- all announced on an era-appropriate board. Bluecoat and Redcoat costumes were fashioned for the Revolutionaries and the Linden loyalists, while Nephilaine Protagonist even designed an Enlightenment-era scribe's costume for me, so I could cover the story in proper attire."
Now I'm as susceptible as the next man to the rare beauty that is the Society for Creative Anachronism (unless the next man happens to be this guy). But I'm trying to process the Second Lifers' response with the news about demonstrations against the WTO in Cancun and Lee Kyung-Hae's suicide to make his point clear.
Oh, yeah, Second Life is "just a game." I wonder how long this line will continue to work, and how long the revolutions will continue to be peaceful and creatively anachronistic.
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