Back Inworld to Assess The Damage

 I got back to my place, they seemed kind of hit and miss about what they returned.

They returned my swastika windows, one set was attached to the wall, so I had to re rezz it and take out the offending parts.

I make no apologies for incorporating swastikas into my work, the swastika has existed for thousands of years, and is still used all over the world They have nothing to do with Nazis, and neither do mine.

 

I designed my windows with an eastern feel, since I've seen similar layouts in many pictures. 

I took out the windows then put the wall back on my building, and put up some plywood to block the large holes in the walls.

In the main hall, the windows were separate from the wall, so all i needed to do was put up some plywood.

I wandered around looking to see what they had missed. On the south wall was a large faded Southern Cross, so I painted over it, to prevent being ared again by someone else.

I saw that the swastika tiles on the floors and on the balcony faces hadn't been returned, which was a good thing, because if they had been returned I'd have lost half my building if they were connected to the walls.

 

I got the inspiration for the tiles on a trip to Washington DC a couple of years ago, Everywhere you look there are swastika patterns in the floor and walls.

 I'll put an underlay over the tiles and lay a different non threatening pattern, perhaps care bears and smiley faces

There was an assortment of pictures that were not returned, to wit:

 

Also, a large rug I had purchased on Market Place was undisturbed. 

 

I left it there, but I'll probably pick it up next time, because you never know.

While there, I redid my window sculpt, changing the swastika to a series of straight lines.

 

All safe and non offensive.

Its hard to believe that a few items could be declared to be so horrible offensive and hateful that it might prevent someone from enjoying their second life because it "marginalizes, belittles, or defames individuals or groups (and) inhibits their ability to take part in a satisfying exchange of ideas and diminishes the community as whole. 

It does explain one thing though. There was a rather large puddle in my main hall a couple of days before I was suspended. I thought there had been a water line leak, but now I realize, the puddle was from melting snowflakes.

Tomorrow I'll post pictures of the rest of the items that were returned.

To be continued....