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10/28/2015 5:21:58 PM
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Holiday Festival Controversy
I was on the forums today and saw two posts specifically about holiday festivals in the Tower. There were two posts that generated quite a bit of controversy, one that called for a Christmas Festival and one that called for a Ramadan Festival.
After reading these posts I couldn't believe how hypocritical and backwards some people on the forums are. Most accept a Christmas festival but are absolutely offended by the mere thought of a Ramadan Festival.
Have we really fallen so far? Posting inappropriate phrases to bash the Islamic faith and making jokes about terrorism. It really is a shame.
Don't give me the cop out excuses of that Christmas is more commercialized and makes up the majority, those explanations are complete crap, not everyone wants to celebrate a holiday with Christian roots.
I for one don't even think that Destiny has any of the faiths we have presently. They praise the Traveler as their Savior and the Speaker is sort of the Pope to the people in a sense. I don't Christmas exists. I do, however, think that having a seasonal festival of some sort would be great
TL;DR
[i]What justifiable reason can you give me for such a huge difference in opinion?[/i]
PS- for those that agree what do you think would be a good idea for a festival during the holiday season?
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1. Christmas does not have Christian roots, the roots are in the Pagan holiday "Yule." 2. If they were to do a Christmas festival, it would be based on all of the Hallmark holiday parts. They wouldn't base it on the birth of Jesus Christ. 3. Ramadan is too serious of a religious tradition to have a parody in a video game. Ramadan is a period for prayer and introspective thoughts. Any observance of that month long period in a manor which even slightly is disrespectful and shouldn't be done. Every event like this is done for the enrichment and enjoyment of the player community. It's not required, it's extra and no group should feel excluded these holidays are celebrated by the guardians. So enjoy it or don't but entitled post like this are lame. People hate on Christians at the same level they hate on Muslims.
