Thread: Sex & Violence
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Old 09-19-2007, 12:32 AM   #34
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Re: Sex & Violence

Unfortunately it isn't as simple as that. Well before the advent of muds, well meaning groups of people have always objected to the immorality of free speech, whether it was in print or audio-visual format, and have insisted on trying to protect the young and the innocent, whether or not they wanted or even needed protecting.

No matter how much you point out to someone that doesn't like the theme of the mud, "they can quite simply not play there and find a more fluffy mud", they insist that they have a right to be there. In fact they do have a right to be there, as do other people. In effect, a mud is a virtual society, and in a society people have to get on with each other. In a virtual society everyone is effectively anonymous and as such we can say what we like to whom we like and not have to live with the consequences.

The irony of all this is that it leads to a rise in the freedom of speech.

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