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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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Edited by Ne0nK0ala: 10/29/2015 10:07:31 PMI accept neither, mutual events only that do not have links to religion. 1: it doesn't make sense in game. 2: it divides communities and leaves people out, some might not even be allowed to play during events that contradict their religion. New Years bash/ the Chinese festival of light ( the later makes a lot of sense) would be awesome, an entire event for religion would not. You could even have the New Years party span during the end of December to the first week of January, it could then be used to celebrate Christmas or not, and because Chinese New Year is always around March time that would suffice as a mid-year party, done.
