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marius. 

The French far right wing party, Front National, led by Le Pen, set up a headquarters in Second Life. Not long after, a very active and surreal protest sprung up, including all sorts of things from banners to exploding pigs.

Here's a description of the scene, it is quite ridiculous and fascinating:

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2007/01/stronger_than_h.html

Computers and software of all kinds have generally been designed and built by engineers for a broader population to use. Computing is becoming ubiquitous, and the skills for using computers are becoming as standard as reading and writing. Yet few of these tools are designed for everyone to modify them. We are teaching read-only computer literacy to the vast majority of students. No one would advocate only teaching people to read without teaching them how to write. We need to think the same way about computer literacy.