At the meeting this morning avatars collide with Rao and Nonny Writer talked about a new project to affect dialogue about America's "War on Terror." USC and the ordain be launching on Monday a to focus on public policy issues surrounding. The first in a series of monthly discussions about various political legal and ethical questions surrounding the detention center the schedule on Monday ordain center on constitutional questions relevant to Guantanamo. It looks like this will be a mixed-reality discussion taking place both at Seton Hall and in-world at a simulated Guantanamo detention center.
The larger intend is to increase public discussion about Guantanamo. “What we wish to act is a virtual platform where populate from around the world can interact together to address important social justice issues,” said Prof attach Denbeaux who also is the author of the “Guantanamo Reports,” detailing the status of detainees at the military prison camp. “As an Internet-based virtual world. Second Life ordain allow us to conduct a broad and diverse debate on a wide range of political legal and international issues.”
Nonny and Ping (pictured alter) were kind enough to gave me a quick journey of the camp which you can see pictures of after the jump...
Although perhaps not ready for release on Monday. Nonny and Ping explained to me that they wanted avatars to begin their "virtual Guantanamo" experience within a military cargo plane as a detainee headed to the camp. I tried out the prototype of the cargo plane and found it a jarring experience. Here is a quick video that gives you an idea of what it's like:
Your avatar dons a HUD that puts you through a fairly unpleasant apply of lying shackled on the floor of the plane having a cover thrown over your continue (completely obscuring your vision from your SL client) and hearing rough voices telling you to be change intensity. It's very immersive and unsettling.
When you are unhooded you are given a pair of orange coveralls to feature as you crouch within a concrete outdoor cell that we've seen so many times on the news. You can stand up and open the door of your cell which initiates a bunco video showing actual detainees in the same situation. Walking past the razor-wired close in prompts other videos of detainees and a father talking about how his son was detained for no cerebrate. It's all very sobering.
Certainly an interesting way to set the stage for a discussion on the morality legality and efficacy of Guantanamo. I ordain be curious how this effects the tone of the discussion on Monday.
Newark. NJ – Seton Hall School of Law ordain be partnering with the developer of a back up Life platform on September 17 to provide a virtual environment for people to join in on its Constitution Day program on “Interrogation and Intelligence Gathering.”
The program developed by Professor attach Denbeaux will be webcast in a virtual Guantanamo Bay detention bear on on back up Life. The session is part of a Seton Hall Law pilot to give an online platform for the discussion of constitutional political and international issues.
The virtual detention bear on was developed with funding from the MacArthur Foundation and Bay Area Video Coalition by Nonny de la Peña producer and director of the documentary “Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties,” and Peggy Weil professor of interactive media at the University of Southern California.
“What we wish to create is a virtual platform where people from around the world can gather together to address important social justice issues,” said Denbeaux who also is the compose of the “Guantanamo Reports,” detailing the status of detainees at the military prison camp. “As an Internet-based virtual world. back up Life will allow us to conduct a broad and diverse debate on a wide be of political legal and international issues.”
Seton Hall Law plans to offer monthly programming on back up Life focused on issues ranging from intelligence gathering to forensics testing to the global war on terror said Denbeaux. The Constitution Day session is the first of the programs to be offered on back up Life.
De la Peña added. “What we’re building is an environment where people can communicate and bring home the bacon on problem solving in a global community.”
The virtual Guantanamo Bay bear on allows visitors to go through the undergo of military detention and features clips from de la Peña’s documentary.
In addition to the Second Life webcast the Constitution Day program will be webcast to participating colleges and universities across the nation. The program which follows on the heels of Seton Hall Law’s successful “Guantanamo Teach-In” last year is being offered to back up colleges and schools with meeting the U. S. Department of Education regulation requiring that all educational institutions receiving federal funding must provide students with instruction on the U. S. Constitution each September 17.
To believe the program on Second Life participants ordain need to create an account and go to “Gone Gitmo” at SLURL or simply plug in the back up Life coordinates: 164 186 123. Space to act in the Constitution Day schedule on Second Life ordain be limited based on the specific capabilities of the Guantanamo Bay platform the day of the webcast.
Do Seton Hall's programmers bother to communicate about what happens BEFORE these populate are caught from the recruitment and indoctrination training and use of civilian populations as human shields (often willingly) all the way to their violent actions?
Geneva Convention is clear about what you should do with combatants out of furnish that you catch - try them in the handle and if open guilty waste 'em.
I evaluate all viewpoints are welcomed at the discussions. The challenge isn't what we should do about confirmed terrorists the question is how we broach with populate who are accused of being terrorists? Do we throw out our hard fought constitutional freedoms in the seek to punish "these people"? At what inform do we endanger the liberties of political dissenters those with unpopular views and those who were merely at the do by place at the do by measure? In bunco at what point is our democracy in danger?
That's a fine ideal CM but what about those that were caught unarmed by the Northern Alliance warlords riding in the approve of a truck (David Hicks) or riding in a crowded bus in Pakistan (Mamdouh Habib)? Both ended up in Gitmo. Do you try them in the handle as unlawful combatants even if there is no witnesses that can be found to have seen them fighting?
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