What I’m saying is that we all have our fantasies, whether it’s owning a slave or flying without wings. I understand the need to be different, unique. I also understand how fun it can be to freak people out a little. However, I do think it’s unfortunate that some people feel they need to be as shocking as possible to get attention. I wish they could realize that they can appreciate the era of history they love without letting their naughty bits dangle in the wind.

The German technology and the tactics they used are often considered superior for the era. I tend to agree. However, the horrific practices of those in charge cannot be overlooked.

You can’t separate two metals without intense heat, and it looks like there may be too much heat required for this one.

But either way as i’ve said to Athel in SL and as i’ll say now, all that his character has shown to me is that what he’s saying now is what he’ll always be saying and that nothing short of a religious icon of your or his choice coming down from the religious place of your choice and telling him he’s wrong is going to change his mind. It’s just what i’d call closed minded.

Saddam Hussein has killed more people than Hitler? He is more hated than Hitler? This reply demonstrates one of two things: that you are easily manipulated by propaganda, or that you’re scrambling to cover your ass. Saddam Hussein in no shape, way, or form even approaches a tenth of the evil of Hitler. The same is true of Kim Jong Il.

Now, Stalin was a pretty horrible dude, but is he really more vile than Hitler? Mere body count does not accurately describe monstrosity. In the end, I think it’s a coin flip. They’re both horrible people. But this is really like arguing about the smell of shit: only an idiot would savor the smell of one simply because it stunk slightly less than the other.

Plainly, the build offended people. It offended a Jewish person, it offended me, and it offended others. People find Grandduke and his associate who built it offensive.

But I am writing grandduke off as just another immature griefer, even though his views on the Holocaust and such he seemed to sincerely subscribe to and from what he said his associate is truly Pro-Nazi or even a modern day Nazi. A “today Nazi” as he said she thought of herself.

If Grandduke is indeed a Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician, I cringe at the thought of him being the person saving me in an emergency.

Whatever his intents and purposes, it is a very juvenile attitude to think you should get your entertainment off of being the most offensive as you can be to illicit a response. Thats 5th grade thinking, very immature.

And if it is just to challenge “authority” and the “standards of society” as another friend of his makes it sound like it is something philosophical, it is even more juvenile and ridiculous.

Obviously these are very immature people. Well now Grandduke has formed a group called “The Manson Family” and built what appears to be a shrine to Manson or some kind of run down building with a picture of Charles Manson. Now I am not even really agitated at all, I just feel sorry for these poor immature people. Its sad that you have to get your entertainment by being as stupid and offensive as possible in a virtual world. It shows very much a lack of maturity.

So if SS imagery was used, then I agree he went to far, i ahd’nt been around to see it so i dont know what was shown.

As for grandduke, he’s no nazi, despite the imagery, he tends to be of the opinion we shoundt censor history, no matter the content.

For instance there are many people who wear that imagery on reproduction uniforms for use in re-enactemnt battles, there are people of all kinds including jews and im sure some gay people even who do it.

These people arent nazi’s, just fascinated with history really.

If you want to discuss this in more detail however, I’m always glad to oblige…as artemis pointed out .