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Governor Warner speaks on Iraq, Democratic Party, Abortion in Second Life

Posted on August 31, 2006 by

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As some predicted, it wasn’t more than a publicity stunt, but Governor Mark Warner’s appearance in virtual form in Second Life still was a historic occasion.  When a possible contendor for the US Presidency makes a pit stop in a virtual world, you have to think that something new is in the air.  Others, particularly Hamlet Au, will be posting full transcripts and video soon.  But I thought I would throw up some pics quickly for those who couldn’t attend.

UPDATE: New World Notes and 3pointD both have transcripts of the event online! 

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The Governor’s avatar was quite dapper, and a pretty decent likeness, I have to say.  When he zoomed in, there was as definite sense that a major personage was in the room.

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Hamlet Au was the main interviewer, telling the audience to not shout out questions.  Some still did, not surprisingly. The entire interview was conducted in chat, which disappointed a few in the audience.  Indeed, having a quicktime stream of the governor speaking would have been much much "realer".  That said, Mr. Warner is a quick typer.

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It was a small crowd of about 30 residents, several of whom were clearly newbies from all the bumbling around and crashing into things that was going on. 

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The governor spoke on a range of topics, from the war in Iraq, the Democratic Party, abortion, to terrorism.  I agreed with most of his positions, although he was obviously quite thin on the details.

All-in-all, an interesting experiment.  Governor Warner has promised to return in the Fall for a virtual Town Hall meeting, which sounds really excellent.  Clearly there is strong interest in engaging in discussions with him.  I hope it happens.

I took some video which I will try and post later. We’ll see how interesting it is to watch Mr. Warner’s avatar typing away.

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