This article addressed the issue of a virtual reality (VR) user who used his made up character (as well as special programming codes) to make others in the same VR world do innappropriate things to themselves. At the conclusion of the article, the author makes the claim that he originally could not understand how people took the issue seriously, but after investigating it, he could not see how he ever thought that to begin with. Maybe it is because I personally am not that familiar with VR but, honestly if someone is bothering you, WHY NOT JUST LOG OFF!?!?!? That seems to be the most logical answer, but obviously many took it a lot more seriously than that. Also, the fact that no one realized the perpetraitor could just create a new account is ridiculous…really!? How could no one see that?!?! The whole thing was taken way too seriously, next thing people are going to start going after characters in online games where they kill eachother attempting t peg them for murder or what about the people who play interactive video games like xbox live are they going to start complaining because someone said something that hurts their feelings or offends them? No, and likewise those involved with the issue with Mr. Bungle need to give it a rest. The entire account was ridiculous and a complete waste of time from people who obviously had nothing better to do than to sit at home and try to make and solve problems in a digital world rather than attend to the issues that need to be addressed in real life. Once again, if it really bothers you that much, log off.
