Comments on: Al Qaeda, Tribes, and Virtual Mafias

By: Jessica Rocco

Jessica Rocco — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:19:12 +0000

haha i wanted to laugh too i felt left out

By: boo parks

boo parks — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:00:54 +0000

I like to run naked through wheat fields.

By: Gina Fatale

Gina Fatale — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:02:58 +0000

gotta love the ones that come on here talk shit and don’t use their in game names lol

if its so insignificant why does it got your panties twisted?

Gina Fatale
Just a Reporter lol
Laughing even harder at this – lizsims2003@yahoo.com

By: Whoa Terry

Whoa Terry — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:57:19 +0000

You’re right. I guess if I was some teen age white trash loser I would be proud of something so insignificant (is that too big of a word for you?)

By: Marsellus Wallace

Marsellus Wallace — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:41:21 +0000

Obviosuly it does.. You replied. ;P

Marsellus Wallace
Editor, Gangland News – SLH
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By: Whoa Terry

Whoa Terry — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:20:32 +0000

Marsellus why do you have that signature – like it means something?

By: Marsellus Wallace

Marsellus Wallace — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:03:59 +0000

Can I buy a vowel?

Marsellus Wallace
Editor, Gangland News – SLH
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By: Urizenus

Urizenus — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:32:17 +0000

Athel, no one is saying that people kill themselves “for networking.” I said that the motives may be anything from ideology to whatever. The point is that the dynamic organizational properties of a terrorist group as well as the flow of information within the organization would supervene on general principles governing those of scale free networks — the same principles that govern the organization of neurons in your brain to the hub system that has emerged in the air transportation system, and, I submit, the virtual mafias in SL.

The behavior of terrorist groups is also constrained by basic physics, but I hope you wouldn’t therefore make the mistake of thinking that this must entail they kill themselves “for quantum physics.” Why make that mistake when we shift to talk of network theory?

By: Aislyn_McTeague

Aislyn_McTeague — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:23:57 +0000

Athel? While you’re analyzing everyone, care to tell us which label belongs on you? Since you were a Valentino…

By: Athel Richelieu

Athel Richelieu — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 01:51:10 +0000

Not sure my last comment went through, don’t feel like typing it all out again.

Was going to say Al Qaeda considers themselves an “Army of God”, and are definiteyl driven by ideology obviously. Suicide bombers dont kill themselves for “networking”. They truly believe they are doing God’s will, and will go to heaven. Or they believe politically their against the “West” or taking revenge. Al Qaeda recruits like an army does, propagandizes the men, etc. They definitely driven by ideology, strongly. They could be more compared to a violent cult.

The virtual Mafias of Second Life have people who are driven by 1) A power trip, they want power or they join the Mafia because it is “cool and stylish” 2) They want to cause trouble for attention or just for their personal entertainment 3) They want be part of a “family” or part of “the group” 4) They want the protection
or a combination of these things

The Mafias act the way they do now largely do to a lot of drama and personal conflict, but also because the standard is now set that for an Mafia to be taken seriously they must do the “griefing” and have “weapons”. As well as certain members in category 2 fueling the fire.