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    I'd not have a problem with any of this, although there are certainly those who would. For one thing, Soviet Russia is not Putin's Russia (although there's certainly some political overlap!) An additional wrinkle with Soviet iconography is that it has been, and still is, employed a fair bit by griefers and griefer groups. Woodbury University, for instance, had an entire region at one point that was done up as a sort of mock Kremlin. And at least one of the griefer groups that was harassing me until last year was using fake Soviet iconography, language, etc. But as you're not doing that stuff, I should think you won't be misunderstood.
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    Peeve: Maddy's sucking up to teacher again!
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    No, I've not done it yet, so there's nothing to see! I'll do something maybe in the next week or so. There is evidence that the priestess class wore special (and rather peculiar) makeup, so I might actually need to produce that by hand! Peeve: That an historically accurate image of a Minoan priestess would need to be posted in the Adult forum, despite the fact that there is absolutely nothing sexual about it!
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    Well, now I'm inspired. Time to dust off the "How DARE you, Theseus!" outfit!
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    There is an irony here, too, in that I couldn't post a picture of myself wearing the costume of a Minoan priestess anywhere here but in the "Adult" forum.
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    Only if we feed them. Time to walk away from this, and let the mods clean up the mess. (Sorry mods!)
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    I actually have a Minoan costume not unlike those above that I've not had the chance to model or use yet. The Minoans were interesting . . . the early assumptions of archeologists were, of course, that it was a patriarchal society, and that the throne that Sir Arthur Evans discovered at Knossos was for "the king" -- despite his initial conclusion that it had been shaped and built for a woman. New assessments of Minoan culture suggest that it might well have been much more "open" with regard to gender hierarchy than those early assessments. At the least, it had a very powerful and prominent class of priestesses.
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    I have an apartment (still) in a region modeled after a Soviet Bloc city of the 70s/80s era. I have, in a sense, "repurposed" it by filling it with Ukrainian memorabilia: Ukrainian folk art, posters (from the 70s), books, and photos of Ukrainian intellectuals. And, of course, it's entirely historically accurate -- although such decor would have been severely frowned upon by "authorities" in that era. Couldn't you do the same with at least some of your Russian stuff?
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    No, but I'm someone who has seen this this thread threatened by closure for off-topic discussions that were much less heated and lengthy than this one. Hate on child avis if you must, but for god's sake do it elsewhere.
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    Once again, this is NOT the place for this conversation. Can we PLEASE take the Ladies for Liberty Crusade against Child Avatars somewhere else?
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    It would suggest that it's something of a rarity, yes. And if I DID see it, I would respond using the tools provided us all, by ARing it.
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    Uh huh? I go to shopping events all the time, and . . . This.
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    This is at best a disingenuous argument. I am among those who feel that women should be permitted to go topless in any context that men currently can, in both RL and SL. The main reason we can't do that now is that our culture continually sexualizes breasts, and assigns to them as their main meaning "sexual plaything" (generally for men), rather than "nature's way of permitting women to nurture infants." And that is precisely what that image, coupled with an advert for an "Adult" group, did. That was a "oooh, look, boobies! What fun!" poster. It was emphatically not one that was normalizing breasts as "un-sexual." It drew attention to the breasts as a component of what the group had to offer, rather than naturalizing them as just body parts associated with women. And who are you to decide what regions or areas should be of interest to other people, regardless of how they represent? it's odd how your laments for your supposedly "lost freedoms" mask a very real determination to constrain the liberty of others.
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    Ricky should know. Or not, as the case may be. How much more interesting this would have been had he sung Rocket Man instead.
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    Is this for sale somewhere? Asking for a friend.
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    @Saskia Rieko and her partner Konrad re-opened their art region Natthimmel today with a new theme -- it's a gorgeous and HUGE field of lavender, with touches that set it in the south of France. This pic doesn't do justice to how very pretty it is. https://secondlife.com/destination/natthimmel
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    Oh, I'm so glad we're finally having this discussion here. I was worried there'd be one corner of GD untouched by this incessant debate. This is simple.The sign violates the letter of the ToS. It violates the spirit of the ToS. It's been ARed. I am pretty sure something will be done about it, but just to be sure we should bring it to the attention of @Dyna Mole and @Quartz Mole, as they've been very good about raising issues that have been reported here with the Lindens. Can those who are "disgusted" with child avatars and who believe that wanting to remove a sign that is in clear contravention of the ToS is somehow an infringement of their right to act like children while RPing adults please take their outrage to another thread, rather than endangering this one? Thank you.
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    "Don't be scared"???? THAT IS TERRIFYING!!!!! 😮
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    Peeve: Sadly and boringly, I'm merely odd.
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    Not sure where this is, but if I find out, I won't be shopping there.
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    I hope it has a little maple leaf on it too???
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    I own ONE sports jersey, which I bought for this ancient pic.
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    I've just checked the MP. There is a surprisingly good selection of football uniforms, but none that I could see specifically for this round of the Euro Cup. On the other hand, if you're an Australian footie fan, you're set for life! I suppose it wouldn't be too hard to make the uniforms oneself.
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