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Virtual worlds destroying values?
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/593ff4bc-2b68-42ae-9a49-c1a3ecd4880f/BB8D3C1E-3045-4BA9-9DAB-DF4ED4247B1E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7061641.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7061641.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7061641.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/DF35125D-6425-4392-A1C7-029ABAD117D0" alt="BBC News" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7061641.stm"><DIV class="sh"> Virtual worlds threaten 'values' </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7061641.stm"><FONT size="2"><B>The growing number of toy-themed virtual worlds aimed at young people risks undermining the basic human values we wish to instil in children. </B> </FONT><P> <FONT size="2">So said industry veteran Lord Puttnam opening a London conference devoted to discussing virtual worlds.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10/29/virtual_worlds_destorying_values_/1" href="http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10/29/virtual_worlds_destorying_values_/1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bit-tech.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10/29/virtual_worlds_destorying_values_/1"><P>Lego Universe is an example of the type of virtual worlds Lord Puttnam is critical of. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/10/29/virtual_worlds_destorying_values_/1"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bit-tech.net/img/4D1D334A-A484-40F7-B81F-5E326F25C0DD" alt="Lego Universe is an example of the type of virtual worlds Lord Puttnam is critical of. 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