Injustice Unlimited
January 24, 2010 2 Comments
If our report that the Lindens were running a secret surveillance program wasn’t enough to convince you that Second Life is a virtual banana republic, we now hear, via the Herald, that they have also been covertly sponsoring vigilante goon squad the Justice League Unlimited.
So far the self-styled JLU have mainly confined themselves to low-level harrassment of residents they deem to have breached community standards (with no regard for pinko concepts like “due process” of course), as well as maintaining a Nixon-style enemies list, but the Lab no doubt finds it useful to have a plausibly deniable gang of thugs on hand, ready to help disrupt any organised political opposition that might arise.
Second Life Shrink 
ok you just jumped the shark for me
Yes, maybe my immersionist paranoia is getting a tad excessive.
On the other hand, it’s not like stuff like this never happens in real life – think of the collusion between the security forces and Loyalist paramilitaries in Ulster, P2/Gladio in Italy, and, on a corporate rather than state level, the Pinkerton Agency’s role in strike-breaking in the US, and Coca-Cola’s alleged links with Colombian death-squads.