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Gaza protest in SL - conflict resolution in virtual worlds?

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Uploaded by on Mar 25, 2009

virtual worlds like Second Life are places, where intercultural dialogue is happening every day. In the case of the response to Israel's Gaza offensive, targeting Hamas installations in December 2008, SL residents engaged in heated discussions on the Middle East issue and many avatars were protesting the reported human rights violations by Israeli soldiers. Draxtor Despres attended lectures on peace efforts and interviewed researchers in the field of conflict resolution, even went out into the physical realm to find answers about how to engage in more fruitful debates that have real world impact.

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  • It is indicative that anti-Israel demonstrators were allowed into SL Israel to protest. Would pro-Israel demonstrators be allowed that freedom in a Palestine sim? (Also, for clarification, aelkhour (in a comment) seems to be saying that the King David Hotel bombing was a suicide bombing. That is simply false.)

  • Heya, I was the one attempting **** to moderate this area at the time... I found this video cause i was watching another one you made... about Eshi and her Shoes... LOLOL... I was the Fiddle player and ran a panel at SLCC 09 about RL religion on SL

  • Thank you, a very well done video, notwithstanding my quibble above.

  • It would have been nice to have had some Palestinians interviewed. Also, the occupation and suicide bombing (pioneered by Jewish terrorists with such events as the King David hotel) is not at all "chicken and egg", it is very much a response to the military occupation.

  • Vary good work indeed when you can look at something in a new way chances are things well change.

  • Great work and thank you for sharing this. One of the best ways for people to change how thy see things is to have a platform to do it on.

  • Great reporting on a sensitive topic.

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