Scene 3: Morris is interrogating Sims to let him know that she doesn’t care too much about him as a person, she cares more about the hide away. Sims think he has registered it correctly under the laws. Morris wants to know where his server is so she can cut the hide away down. Sims thinks that since it isn’t in this country it’s not under Morris jurisdiction (Sims,12). Morris is explaining to him how his hide away makes a good amount of money and wants to know why he chose this life? She questions him about how much time he spends online with something that isn’t real (Morris,13). Sims tries to justify why he stays online for so long. Which is because it is apart of everyone’s everyday life. Morris wonders if his wife knows about this roll that he plays in the hide away. Sims wife does not know much about it she is aware as she wants to be. Morris states that “he can be charged but once they have his hardware and deletes his realm then he will be free without being charged” (The Nether, 13). Sims does not want to give up his server, and goes on about how this is against the law. Sims becomes quiet and explains why he made this virtual world and why he does it himself. And he made it for people who can’t be themselves in the real world (The Nether,15),.
Question: Do you think Sims should get convicted for his virtual world and actions even though his actions aren’t in real life? Explain your answer.
I don’t believe Sims should be convicted for his virtual world. His actions are not happening in the real world, but rather in this virtual world. There is no harm done in the real world. As a Criminal Justice major, under Child pornography laws; virtual child pornography is legal because it’s like cartoon images. Plus, the people join the realm at their own free will, and statistics say that no crime has come out of it. (Sims, Scene 7).
I do not think Sims should get convicted for his virtual world. Virtual means to not physically exist, it only can exist through software. Therefore, Sims should not be convicted. The people that joined this virtual world, they did it willingly, they were not forced to do so. In my eyes, Sims has done nothing wrong.
Even though its virtual reality, I believe its still right for him to be convicted for the simple reason that what he’s doing in that world is just simply not okay. It seems as if his excuse is that the realm helps him with his “sickness” but if something happened to the realm, he’d be doing the same or similar things in-world.
Although Sims is making poor decisions in a fantasy world, there’s not much he should get in trouble for. I do personally think it’s really wrong doing what he is doing in reality it’s a fantasy world that does not exist.
No i don’t believe that he should be convicted. Even though it is wrong morally, physically he has not committed a crime. It is not against the law to act your desires online, virtual worlds are created for just that. It was created to be an outlet for all different types of things, not just sexual things.
It is a tough call, but i think that it is better for him to commit these acts in the virtual world rather than in the real world. Virtually he is not hurting anybody because it is a voluntary website and it is what people have signed up for.
Personally, I believe he should prosecuted either way in real life or in the Nether but Im not sure by law you could hold him accountable. His actions in a made up place can’t truly be held accountable for real life things. Imagine we looked everyone up for being at places they shouldn’t on the internet ? Its just not possible to do. Plus others would he argue his actions in the Nether are preventing him form doing the real thing in real life.