Before the first round of the French elections, tensions were running high. The unlikely battlefield? Online, in Second Life.
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Nikolas Sarkozy won the French election (sorry if I spoiled anything for those not familiar with the French political scene) but even though he won by a fairly wide margin, there's still unrest in France over his victory.
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While technically legal in France, prostitution is heavily affected by crackdowns on the activities surrounding it. Sarkozy is a hardliner about this stuff, and many think he's planning on abolishing prostitution altogether.
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As someone who has occasionally daydreamed about escaping the United States for an imagined pseudo-socialist paradise of approximately hexagonal shape located in western Europe, I was sorry to see Sarko win. But maybe he'll be good for the country. (Maybe.)
