[Neil]

I think the owners of second life should be responsible for its content. If they can not control what is going on then the site should be shut down. I suspect second life has grown out of control for what is probably a very few people who actually work for the site.

As far as children are concerned - it is up to parents to make sure their kids are safe at all times. This means making sure they know what they are doing on the internet. Many parents do not understand PC's and the internet, this is where the problems start IMHO. The parents really should make an effort to learn enough to know if their chilr is safe in what they are doing.