The word for that is hypocrisy!

For example, exactly WHAT *IS* the “simulated age” of an avatar?

When this whole fuss started I discussed this with a 50 year old woman who is 4ft tall in real life.

She claimed that the real discrimination was not age but height! If you are 4ft tall you *MUST* be a child – no debate allowed!

I have had the privilege of knowing this woman for over 20 years now and have had the opportunity to witness this discrimination first hand.

At her suggestion (insistence?) I adopted her “persona” as my Second life Persona – Karen Palen.

I can now personally bear witness to the pain she faces every day!

Dumb things like having her 25 year old daughter told to “make your child behave”! Serious things like not being believed when she reports an attempted rape.

The fact is that “freedom of thought” means nothing unless the most extreme and upsetting thoughts are protected!