http://www.metaversejournal.com/2008/12/04/pride-and-prejudice/ Coverage of news, issues and events occurring in virtual worlds or those who create those worlds Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:03:25 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.metaversejournal.com/2008/12/04/pride-and-prejudice/comment-page-1/#comment-206882 Pooky Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:21:52 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=1780#comment-206882 I agree that the world we come to should indeed be better than the one, *points behind* we came from. Especially when we have the ability to make choices without fear of reprisal to our virtual selves. I guess we repeat patterns ingrained from many sources wherever we go.<br>However I would also like to think that acceptance can also be accelerated in the virtual world, and that we can break patterns of prejudice more easily inworld than out, because we are more unusual than average for adopting these worlds to inhabit to begin with. I agree that the world we come to should indeed be better than the one, *points behind* we came from. Especially when we have the ability to make choices without fear of reprisal to our virtual selves. I guess we repeat patterns ingrained from many sources wherever we go.
However I would also like to think that acceptance can also be accelerated in the virtual world, and that we can break patterns of prejudice more easily inworld than out, because we are more unusual than average for adopting these worlds to inhabit to begin with.

]]> http://www.metaversejournal.com/2008/12/04/pride-and-prejudice/comment-page-1/#comment-169770 Pooky Amsterdam Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:21:52 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=1780#comment-169770 I agree that the world we come to should indeed be better than the one, *points behind* we came from. Especially when we have the ability to make choices without fear of reprisal to our virtual selves. I guess we repeat patterns ingrained from many sources wherever we go.<br>However I would also like to think that acceptance can also be accelerated in the virtual world, and that we can break patterns of prejudice more easily inworld than out, because we are more unusual than average for adopting these worlds to inhabit to begin with. I agree that the world we come to should indeed be better than the one, *points behind* we came from. Especially when we have the ability to make choices without fear of reprisal to our virtual selves. I guess we repeat patterns ingrained from many sources wherever we go.
However I would also like to think that acceptance can also be accelerated in the virtual world, and that we can break patterns of prejudice more easily inworld than out, because we are more unusual than average for adopting these worlds to inhabit to begin with.

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