In the below video we see a seemingly current but completely out of touch video from Representative Mark Kirk from the 10th Congressional District of Illinois. He seems to post to YouTube regularly so I find it hard to believe that this video is not current although it seems like it should have been made over a year ago.

The main problem I have is that congressman Mark Kirk lumps Second Life in with Myspace even pointing out the number of sex offenders there. But then he says Second Life is his main concern. He calls for the Federal Trade Commission to issue a consumer alert to all parents. Aside from the other errors that Second Life is not a web site or web space, congressman Mark Kirk seems to not understand or be completely out of touch with recent developments in Second Life or what exactly it is.

Are you not aware that Linden Labs just completely segregrated all Adult content to an Age Verified island called Zindra?

And is taking massive steps to regulate, filter, and flag all Adult content in Second Life to age verified areas only?.

Besides that you do not even mention the Teen Second Life or the educational or business advantages and eventuality of large scale use of virtual worlds?.

I guess we should shut down the internet and all video games. No that would be ridiculous. Guess what? If your kids lie about their age they can see all kinds of terrible things all over the internet. It is parents that need to monitor their children’s internet activity. If a parent was involved in their kids lives then they would know they were using Teen Second Life (which blocks all of the things mentioned in the video) or the Adult Second Life (which is segregating and age authenticating adult content as we speak) and monitor it as any good parent would.

It seems like congressman Mark Kirk is simply a Johnny-Come-Lately demanding new regulations and change after they are already in progress and I am sure one of the first to claim credit in his bid for re-election. You can visit his web site here: http://kirkforcongress.com/

Video of an Out of Touch Congressman Mark Kirk Wanting FTC to Issue Consumer Alert to Parents About Second Life