Is merely wearing a nazi-style swastika on your avi considered a violation of the TOS?

[KarenMichelle Lane]

On the surface, wearing a swastika is not an A.R. able offence. There are a few WWII RolePlay regions where people adopt all sides of the military forces in their game.

Now if this individual shows up in a club catering to individuals sensitive to the Holocaust and starts chatting hate speech the club owner may not only ban this person but also file an A.R. on them.

Anything in between needs to be dealt with on a case by case basis. If the presence of this person disturbs you and it's your parcel, you have the right to ban anyone anytime for any or no reason at all.

P.S. I've asked people wearing offensive symbols to remove then any number of times. The compliance rate when asked nice in my experience is about 25% will change their look the remainder usually choose to leave. But that's been my experience. Your mileage may vary.

[KarenMichelle Lane]

On the surface, wearing a swastika is not an A.R. able offence. There are a few WWII RolePlay regions where people adopt all sides of the military forces in their game.

Now if this individual shows up in a club catering to individuals sensitive to the Holocaust and starts chatting hate speech the club owner may not only ban this person but also file an A.R. on them.

Anything in between needs to be dealt with on a case by case basis. If the presence of this person disturbs you and it's your parcel, you have the right to ban anyone anytime for any or no reason at all.

P.S. I've asked people wearing offensive symbols to remove then any number of times. The compliance rate when asked nice in my experience is about 25% will change their look the remainder usually choose to leave. But that's been my experience. Your mileage may vary.

[Innula Zenovka]

It depends on the context, at least as I understand it.   In general, LL do come down very hard, or have done in the past, about explicitly Nazi insignia anywhere other than in a WW2 military RP context as part of a uniform.    I say "in general" because I have heard of (e.g..) props like an SS Officer's cap left laying on a table being returned from WW2 sims because they've got swastikas on, which I would think is going a bit OTT.  

Certainly I would advise extreme caution about wearing such things other than when you're actually on a WW2 reenactment sim.    Certainly it will attact ARs and bans from sims and parcels, because it will most assuredly upset people.    

[KarenMichelle Lane]

Innula, good follow-on observation. At an adult venue I used to DJ at, we did theme nights all the time and one night we did "Casa Blanca Nights". The costumes that night included Sam, Rick, Carmen Miranda, the Gypsy Folk Heroine, the weaslely characters came as weasels - LOL and a few Nazis as well. But all were well behaved. I was channeling Ingrid Bergman's character. We even had the French Police Captain as well. "He was shocked I tell you, shocked to find gambling happening!"