Defending the Truth

I am sorry. I told you I was sensitive on the issue...

haha,softt like my friend Josiah.

This reminds me of a conversation I had with a friend. Apparently there was some hacker (or cracker, forgive me I am not hip to computer talk). But this guy altered some stuff on one of those massive RPG online games. His character would go up to others and rape them on the game. Some of the "victims" claim they should have a right to seek damages because they feel as if they had actually been violated. The metaphysical question is does a person exists in mind or do they exist in body? If they exist in mind, can an online representation of themselves have the same legal rights?

At anyrate the death penalty for online crimes would be really really stupid, even if the crime had real life consequences.

That could make one of those "world's most idiotic lawsuits" lists.

Start up a new topic with a poll. That would make a very interesting discussion!

In any case, avatars are property of the game devs or hosts, or whatever (Blizzard owns everything World of Warcraft). What game is this? I'd find that hilarious if I walked by someone's avatar raping another one.

And no the online representation can't unless it's a true extension of the person (such as an RPG that's in VR). A person exists in body. The question is what is the mind? Is it simply chemical reactions? Either way, there's no direct link with the game, so the avatar is nothing more than a few bytes of data with no connection to you.

(I bet you didn't seriously mean it but I figured I'd respond anyway.