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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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Although it is technically a Christian holiday, Christmas is celebrated even by the people who don't belive in it. It is a nationally recognized and federally approved holiday. As such, it can be a day celebrated by everyone as a time of peace and charity, and giving without mention of Jesus or the cross. Ramadan is specificity an Islamic practice. It calls for a month of devotion rather than a simple day of celebration. Those who are not Muslim will not understand what is going on or why things are there in the tower. Ramadan requires a Muslim's faith to celibate. So would you rather have Ramadan turned into the politically correct, non-religious, anti-Christian Christian holiday that it has become, or would you be happy with presents, snow, Santa, and lights on the bushes in the tower? I think the first one would be way more offensive even if it does celibate an Islamic holiday that the majority of the people playing this game are already not wanting or understand. [spoiler]I know we're already in a weapon part famine. And no terrorism mentioned. Already did that with the tower joke.[/spoiler]
