Church of Fools - a neat idea from the Ship of Fools people which has let itself down a bit in the last few days. The Methodist Church has decided to setup a virtual place of worship allowing visitors to roam about an online Church using avatars. They are also encouraged to sit and pray. Periodically, a real-life minister is recruited to host a service from the pulpit. So far so good. It's a nice idea.
Unfortunately following complaints about abuse, the chat functions have had to be curtailed, profanity filters installed, and some areas of the church closed to the public.
Let's see. The Methodist Church want a 3-D virtual church so they go to the people who did the 3-D virtual Osbournes (does Black Sabbath mean nothing to them???) and give their new site a name similar to the creators' company - and then they discover that this is attracting an audience that tends to be a bit profane. WHAT DID THEY EXPECT?!?!?!?!?!?
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