The Interwebs: Second Life Bans Banking Due To Virtual Run on Banks

The hand of the man came down heavy in the virtual world of Second Life today as Linden Labs announced the closing and banning of the entire Second Life banking system. What's next, no bestiality? Oh right, that's already banned. Anyhow, couldn't virtual President Roosevelt have stepped in and declared a virtual bank holiday before propping up the virtual banking world with the help of virtual Joe Kennedy and virtual Andrew Carnegie? That would have forestalled scenes like the one below -- a run on virtual bank JT Financial. Virtual calamity and foreclosures are sure to follow...