Board Thread:Minecraft Empires/@comment-25164591-20150104031737/@comment-3112181-20150104034732

TheNextMaster wrote: @ G

True, but im Christain and I hate the symbol just because its given me a feeling of uneasyness, bc its been used for evil by hitler, plus even if its a holy symbol for hindus or buddists, I dislike the symbol, im not offending the religion, just the symbol bc of hitler using it.

@Blau

Ned's base got trolled by the symbol thats the first.

My surrounding land had been trolled by G  when he placed at least 20 swastikas where I could see them, including one at St. Andrews, thats the second.

@Peter

plz, Hitler would say nein to cover his tracks. I hardly see what you being Christian has to do with it. Hitler was Christian too.

The swastika is a symbol used in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism: all religions that are noted for their extreme advocation of peace. Just because it is a symbol revered to you does not mean it should be revered by all; in other religions, for example, the Holy Cross or the Star of David would be treated with equal hatred and "uneasyness".

Of course, this is only a defence of the symbol itself; it does not address G's actions. If this supposed "grace period" (I use the term loosely as it has been anything but graceful) is still on, then G and any other users involved are violation on counts of building in others' territories. If the grace period has ended, then they are technically fine to build swastikas from one end of the server to the other. It's as simple as that.

I've been away for a few days so I'm not entirely up to date with the server.

Also, I should note that the swastikas, like most vandalism, could easily be removed in a matter of minutes – so aside from petty offence taken, I don't really see what the issue is.