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After all the negative press Second Life has gotten in the mainstream media, it’s nice to see a positive (or at least serious) take on the virtual world. Vanity Fair is taking a look at the Gone Gitmo project in Second Life, an effort to re-create the conditions of the Camp X-Ray detention facility in Guantanamo Bay.

“Second Life residents can develop an almost umbilical attachment to their avatars, writes editorial associate Julian Sancton. “One visitor to Gone Gitmo felt so threatened by seeing her digital doppelgänger detained that she pulled out a virtual baseball bat and started taking swings at de la Peña’s avatar ….MORE….

You can learn more about the Gone Gitmo site over at their Gone Gitmo Blog. And don’t forget:

….On a recent trip to New York City, and thanks to my friend Rachel who works in media relations at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), I had the pleasure of meeting with Constance DeCherney, Media Relations Liaison at the ACLU, and the person who is behind the ACLU’s presence in Second Life.

Anticipating the 6th anniversary of prisoners arriving at Guantanamo Bay Detention Center in Cuba, the ACLU hooked up with the Producers Institute-developers Nonny de la Peña and Peggy Weil, creators of Gone Gitmo. Gone Gitmo is a Second Life experience of rendition and Camp X-Ray, the now-defunct arrival center at Gitmo, developed as a virtual world companion piece to the documentary Unconstitutional. Gone Gitmo allows SL avatars to experience being hooded, handcuffed, verbally abused and detained….MORE….

Fascinating how virtual life can start to parallel real life…..

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