One Year Ago Today
by Alphaville Herald on 10/12/04 at 6:02 pm
Today marks the first anniversary of the banning of Urizenus from TSO. I’d call for a discussion, but some of us (me, Coco, AJ, Ian, DB, etc) have been debating it ever since. For those of you who weren’t around then, here is some reading for your next snow day:
The New York Times: “A Real-Life Debate on Free Expression in a Cyberspace City”
(Slashdot discussion of article here)
Detroit Free Press: Sex and the Simulated City: Virtual world raises issues in the real one
(Slashdot discussion of article here)
Squirrel
Dec 10th, 2004
Those were the days. . .
urizenus
Dec 10th, 2004
Squirrel!!!!!!!!!
Dude, get yer ass to SL!
ian
Dec 11th, 2004
happy anniversary!
Kale
Dec 11th, 2004
I would just like to thank Uri and Squirrel for letting me be a part of “this,’ whatever this may be—- you had no reason to think I’d be of more help than bother and of course I rarely disappoint, but you’ve nonetheless let me hang out at the Herald whenever I could and contribute freely. That’s something rare that I didn’t expect. The story in the beginning, leading to Urizenus’s termination, obviously hit a note that matters to me still today. Thank you for the reminder, Uri.
On a related note:
Of course, you are basically a grumpy, ornery bear whom delights in mocking and chiding at me and putting me down (niftily, often while actually simultaneously *making* my “Kelly Bundy” point— is that what you call them in seminar?), you’ve never succumbed to the temptation to muzzle me, sedate me, or even just fire me. More, not once in all the time I’ve been here did you ever ask me to hide you from any person, issue or story— you came here to seek *whatever* could be found, no matter what hell may follow. There are few people who can say the same about their bosses. I couldn’t work for anyone who operates in any other way. So, thanks for that too.
-Kale
urizenus
Dec 12th, 2004
Kale you shouldn’t be thanking us. I’m just trying to imagine how much better the Herald would have been if only you didn’t have a real life and had more time to waste on the Herald.