Philosophical Voices in the Bungle Affair

As mentioned, the Mr. Bungle case provides a convenient point of departure. The player guiding the Bungle character knew enough about MOO programming to manipulate the text that players saw in a public room, so that a female-presenting player and others in the room would see her character being viciously raped. As Dibbell's article reveals, the politics of the Bungle case at LambdaMOO were complex, bringing out a spectrum of philosophies about government of the MOO. But I want to emphasize four voices that rang clearly amid the furor. --


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Masthead CMC Magazine / January 1, 1996

* Wizards, Toads, and Ethics, by Wes Cooper

Philosophical Voices in the Bungle Affair

As mentioned, the Mr. Bungle case provides a convenient point of departure. The player guiding the Bungle character knew enough about MOO programming to manipulate the text that players saw in a public room, so that a female-presenting player and others in the room would see her character being viciously raped. As Dibbell's article reveals, the politics of the Bungle case at LambdaMOO were complex, bringing out a spectrum of philosophies about government of the MOO. But I want to emphasize four voices that rang clearly amid the furor. --


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Masthead CMC Magazine / January 1, 1996

* Wizards, Toads, and Ethics, by Wes Cooper

Philosophical Voices in the Bungle Affair

As mentioned, the Mr. Bungle case provides a convenient point of departure. The player guiding the Bungle character knew enough about MOO programming to manipulate the text that players saw in a public room, so that a female-presenting player and others in the room would see her character being viciously raped. As Dibbell's article reveals, the politics of the Bungle case at LambdaMOO were complex, bringing out a spectrum of philosophies about government of the MOO. But I want to emphasize four voices that rang clearly amid the furor. --


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