The Geeky Brit

Wired: Brussels police have begun an investigation into a citizen’s allegations of rape — in Second Life.

Second Life, for those of you who don’t know, is the ultimate geek escapism.  You create a brand new online persona, who is far cooler than the real you, and lacks any the social inadequacies that hamper real life geeks.  You can get a “Second Life Job”, buy a “Second Life” house, marry a “second life” wife.  You get the picture, its like a huge geeky experiment in escapism – basically what everybody thought the internet was when they first heard of it.

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After being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said:

“Let me see If I’ve got this right. You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning, and I’m supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits.

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I bet you wouldn’t want to meet this truck on the freeway. 
If you hadn’t figured, the truck is painted to look like it is going in reverse.

As I previously mentioned the Queen is visiting the US for the first time in 16 years,

There have already been calls for her to apologize for the introduction of slavery and slaughter of American Indians.

Why is it that some people always seem to want to have modern leaders take responsibility for actions or events in history that are particularly distasteful.  I think this is a waste of energy.  History is full of grievous acts that have shaped our future, and made our countries and civilizations what they are today.  Appeasing our modern consciences by having our leaders apologize to us does not alter the fact that these events have occurred.

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