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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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  • The last year of Destiny we saw a Day of the Lost festival. It's similar to Halloween and Day of the Dead festivals. Nowadays, Halloween is more of a "Hallmark Holiday" with no generally accepted religion being the main drive for the celebration. It's celebrated by most as a non political, non religious excuse for a party. There were no holidays celebrated which focused on a particular religious foundation or political stance. The Day of the Lost was essentially invented for the word of Destiny with loose inspiration feom Halloween based on a desire to have some fun and be silly for a week. I urge anyone with religious beliefs who wish to celebrate a meaningful holiday to do so, and not be offended by the exclusion of religion in Destiny. To put a religious ceremony in a video game trivializes it. We all have our values and traditions. I think it's great that such diversity can be found in the world and our community. Please celebrate those traditions, values and beliefs in whatever way is truly meaningful to you. Spend time with loved ones, make it real, make it personal and important. Destiny, a video game is neither real or important. Destiny is merely a distraction from the real world, frivolous entertainment. Don't turn something deeply meaningful to you into something equally frivolous. Happy holidays.

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