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Lieberman Saves YouTube From Terrorists » The Scripts Zone — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:08:17 +0000

[...] it seemed Senator Joseph Lieberman would be out of the news for a while. But now that he has hit the terrorists hard by making sure YouTube won’t host any terrorist training videos, Lieberman is back in the [...]

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By: Keep on Balping » Blog Archive » Terrorism, i SL?

Keep on Balping » Blog Archive » Terrorism, i SL? — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:09:19 +0000

[...] Jul 31 Terrorism, i SL? By balpAdd commentsUncategorized TechCrunch pekar ut en artikel från news.com.au om att terrorister i SL. De förfäras över “On the [...]

By: The Soldier

The Soldier — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:58:36 +0000

And you guy’s got linked to at the US Army’s BCKS site.

By: e.politics: online advocacy tools & tactics » Quick Hits — August 2, 2007

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:17:29 +0000

[...] Are Terrorists Using Second Life To Plan Attacks? We may need to call “bullshit” on this one. [...]

By: The Austrian

The Austrian — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:13:00 +0000

Your blog got media coverage in Austria.

http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=2982608 (german)

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:59:30 +0000

Wow. Well, if terrorists are “training” by fighting in SL, I’d say - let them go at it. Hopefully when they reach “real life” they’ll try the same sort of stuff as in SL. “What? I can’t really fly?” “No way, if you get shot you died and there is no restart button.”

By: Alexander Higgins

Alexander Higgins — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:06:33 +0000

I am with Jason on this…

>> How much do you wanna bet that this
>> is the early part of an attempt to
>> gain government regulatory control
>> over online social networks?

By: Bond, James Bond

Bond, James Bond — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:35:18 +0000

Shaken but not stirred ………

By: Gilou

Gilou — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:18:12 +0000

Well… that would be a real catastrophe if they were to blew a virtual bus in the midst of virtual innocents…What a virtual bloodshed…

By: gonzo

gonzo — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:55:33 +0000

Poor Second Life cant get a break.
Busted for embezzling money… investigated for gambling concerns and now they are under fire for training terrorists.

They should have stuck to porn.

By: Alex Rudloff

Alex Rudloff — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:27:11 +0000

“The terrorists must get broadband in their caves now.”

Right, because the hijackers on 9/11 were living, being educated, and training overseas in caves……

By: Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:47:16 +0000

I am a CIA asset. The Bush Administration is not “hunting me down”; they are protecting me! 9-11 was an inside job.

By: Jason Kolb

Jason Kolb — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:13:20 +0000

How much do you wanna bet that this is the early part of an attempt to gain government regulatory control over online social networks?

By: Lowell Cremorne

Lowell Cremorne — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:14:06 +0000

I just love how they talk about people being killed or wounded in SL. Unbelievable.

By: Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:38:27 +0000

News Corp in scaremongering crap-merchants shocker!

Good call on reporting this though. I think one of the things we’ve got to watch out for is the attacks on Internet services from government and traditional media. These usually come under the guise of the scaremongering topic-du-jour, be it pedophilia (with DOPA) or - in this case - terrorism. Not that those aren’t important topics, but they’re both used as covers for all kinds of hidden agendas.

By: sean percival

sean percival — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:37:52 +0000

Ok, on a more serious but somewhat related note, when the Virgina Tech shooting took place for some reason I immediately thought “someone should recreate the crime scene in SL”. Not for the morbid aspects but educational and news reporting options, ok you sick fucks can enjoy it as well. While CNN can show you pretty 3D maps in between looping the same scene over and over again why not make it interactive.

Law enforcement and other schools could also participate to learn from the experience and analyze it further. Would you also consider this tool for terrorists to plan a similar attack?

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:40:59 +0000

Thanks House of Hancock
I’ve got posts about $20m going into companies today that haven’t had 1 comment in 12 hours, and people complain about Second Life coverage…go figure, or is the point lost: an terrorism expert has claimed that Second Life is being used by terrorists…it’s far fetched, sure, but the source wasn’t some obscure blog as well. And yet you know if I wrote a post about how wonderful Second Life was I’d have the same people complaining, there is absolutely no pleasing some people.

By: House of Hancock

House of Hancock — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:19:33 +0000

Hey Duncan, It is good to have a variety of post gives you more broad scale of readers….SMART in regards to terrorist they will use any form of item as a weapon. If they want to destroy they will find a way no matter what. It is all just time. Your Success, http://www.houseofhancock.com

By: Automatt

Automatt — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:36:42 +0000

I am really starting to hate Duncan’s posts.

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:35:29 +0000

John Doer: Second Life is one of the most hyped platforms in Web 2.0, I didn’t make it so, it is, so it’s news. As I noted at the start I’ve had just about enough of the SL stories as well…and yet they just keep on growing.

As for the premise of this post I’d note again that I didn’t say I support the news.com.au story, which is why I quoted heavily from it without providing any supporting statements…indeed I could never have come up with something this far fetched. I can’t imagine what the next accusation directed at Second Life will be, each on tops the last one without fail. Life was so much easier when Second Life issues revolved around flying penises.

By: Jose

Jose — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:25:42 +0000

Australians are dumb when it comes to news and current affairs. Believe me, i live in their country and get to see it read it and listen to it every day. Damn you Rupert Murdoch!

By: Eric Rice

Eric Rice — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:04:36 +0000

Hey Roderick, I’d be happy to chat (ericrice / gmail) about any of that, as I could write pages and pages on what most blogs and media outlets COMPLETELY miss when it comes to subtext. The last TC article about ‘bestiality’ actually had a lot more subtext to do with Terms of Services, a lawsuit in the ninth district, and oh yeah, ban Americans from the Southern states (you gotta e-mail me for THAT one).

As long as you read SL articles and realize the most important things aren’t about SL at all, you’ll be fine.

Otherwise, go play on digg.