Never say defeat
Posted by myg
It’s with regret that on behalf of Candidate Wei, I Mygdala March do hereby concede the office of SL Governor to the righteous Phil Linden. Luckily for all of you, we’re still running in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. And it’s just as well because at this time it seems as though candidate Wei has run off with a soccer team and the bulk of the remaining campaign funds.
Those of you from other countries have no fear. You can still vote Wei in ‘08 as Leviathan Unltd. will be installing voting huds that will count all of your votes as coming in from Hudson County, New Jersey.
I am assuming you’ve all gotten your copy of this:
Which says this:
Dear Residents,
Thanks for participating in the 2007 SLelections for Governor. Before we announce the winner and the new Governor of Second Life, we would like to thank all the residents who participated in this SLelection. Your candidacies were strong, your platforms inspiring, and your campaign posters excellent! You have shown us many excellent paths for Second Life’s future.
However, we had some minor problems with returning the SLelections 2007 voting boxes into our inventory. They were, um, lost. Luckily upon contacting Live Help, the Lindens were able to tell us the following:
“We were pleased to see all the Residents participating in the democratization of Second Life. After discarding the votes of the residents that are not registered with our Identity Verification System, it is clear that the community wishes to re-elect Philip Linden Governor of Second Life. We are very happy with that, as this means we can keep our current jobs in the Linden Administration. Thank you for voting.â€
Congratulations to Phil on his reelection. Please note that any protests of election results will be considered broadly offensive and offenders will be Abuse Reported. Despite any discrepancies you may think you see, we stress that this does not represent a change in our position, and we remain committed to the same democratic principles we have held from the start.
The Concerned Residents
It was a good run while it lasted. We’ll see you all out on the campaign trail with Barack, Hillary and John. F*** Rudy and McCain–they wouldn’t know a decent war on danger if it drove up in a white van with the letters “WOD” plastered to the side.
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*Hey sillies, this is satire. Just in case*
****All of us here at Wei ‘08 would like to bathe Vint Falken’s feet in a fresh rose petal bath for her ingenuity, interest, commitment, motivation and creativity on this spoof, as well as all the other truly great things she does for the SL Blogging community. Huzzah, Vint. Hats and bras off to you.****
Hey, you know, we might erect a ’shadow government’ in UK tradition, where the opposition has a ’shadow PM’ and a ’shadow Home Secretary’ etcetera. Since I am a crossdresser with a love for music and texturing, I’ll run for Shadow Torley
Ow.. and what does that leave that for me to be? I want to be Shadow Torley! Can’t you just be Shadow Daniel or smth? *grins*
it’s a shame those elections are already over, it was so much fun to follow, i even regret a tiny bit of pulling out. i could have done some great work now that i think about it. oh well, maybe next year ^^
on another note, i know it was satire and all but i was wondering if there was a poll where people voted, just to see if this was real, who would have been winner. ^^
I think Romana should be shadow Robin, def…
This was a spoof? I just realized… I don’t know what to wear to a spoof. Gaa, I hate my life when that happens.
@Seraphine: Ever hear the tale of “The Emperor’s New Clothes?” I think we can take our cues from that one.