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13140: Re: [MUD-Dev] Declaration of the Rights of Avatars
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From: "Jon Lambert" <jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:55:43 -0400
Organization: Kanga.Nu
Geoffrey A. MacDougall write:
>
>This is destined for failure - because rl governments do not have the
>power to control physical reality, metaphysics, and spiritulity in the
>stroke of a button. So the administration of a vw is never going to be
>comparable to that of the rw - and any conclusions based upon this
>assumption are going to be inherently invalid.
>
Not really. If a theory cannot explain both, it is simply a flawed theory.
I'd suggest that a theory of rights that states that "rights are endowed by
a Creator(s)" is consistent across both the real world and virtual worlds,
and is therefore a better theory. ;-)
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