However much you identify with your body, and however much people react to it as if it were you, the fact remains that objectively your body is a representation, a vehicle and a tool. A useful tool definitely, and sometimes a wonderful tool, yes, but ultimately a device without intention.
Laws do not apply to tools (no, not even guns). Laws apply to people, and what people do (whether or not tools are involved). Sometimes there are special laws about what people may or may not do with particular and specific tools, but it is still about what a person does. A body isn't a person. A body is the expression and representation of a person.
Myself, I see my body as my RL representation and my avatar as my SL representation, and they both represent the same person. Although I think it'll take the law a LONG time to acknowledge it, I think there are also cases where a single RL brain contains two *different* people, one of whom has an RL body as representation, and the other of whom has an SL avatar as representation.
I'm not certain that this is something that you'd disagree with, even, :) but I thought it was worth at least throwing out for consideration...
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 1:49PM (Unverified) said
However much you identify with your body, and however much people react to it as if it were you, the fact remains that objectively your body is a representation, a vehicle and a tool. A useful tool definitely, and sometimes a wonderful tool, yes, but ultimately a device without intention.
Laws do not apply to tools (no, not even guns). Laws apply to people, and what people do (whether or not tools are involved). Sometimes there are special laws about what people may or may not do with particular and specific tools, but it is still about what a person does. A body isn't a person. A body is the expression and representation of a person.
Myself, I see my body as my RL representation and my avatar as my SL representation, and they both represent the same person. Although I think it'll take the law a LONG time to acknowledge it, I think there are also cases where a single RL brain contains two *different* people, one of whom has an RL body as representation, and the other of whom has an SL avatar as representation.
I'm not certain that this is something that you'd disagree with, even, :) but I thought it was worth at least throwing out for consideration...