Virtual society is a completely different beast compared to the real world. In this virtual world, our actions don't have such severe consequences as compared to the real world. For example, my avatar jumped in a moving hover car and proceeded to light a cigarette and smoke. If I had the option, I would have tried stealing the hovercraft. In real life, I would not smoke and I would not get into a moving vehicle whose owner I didn't know. I couldn't make a promise that I wouldn't try stealing a hover craft but none the less, the actions I took in the game world had no bearing on me.
Another difference between the virtual and real life society is accessibility. Here, the virtual world trumps real life society. As long as you can control some sort of input device on the computer, a virtual avatar would have no physical difference to any other avatar. This can be beneficial for the physically handicapped members of society. They may not get such an opportunity to interact in the real world as they would in this virtual one.
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