The_Snail

Wonderful. An intelectual response. You are not wrong in your assertion.

I applied the one most common factor. There was no intent to ignore nor dismiss the rest with a singular focus.

I have merely raised the most prominent question as posted by others.

The term pride can be applied to ones work, family, country. In this however, Pride combined with Rainbow is about LBGT (and however many other letters of the alphabet are now being used to describe "Pride").

This is NOT a debate or even definition to which I care to debate nor should it be debated in this forum as it has been a point of contention for thousands of years and is still not resolved. Rather, the matter is, should it be a part of an game that is played internationally, lumped with religion, et cetera? I know of several people who refused to play simply due to the inclusion of an Anch in the game. A pity really as the items are not portrayed in a truly religious sense. Would more people play if all religious items were removed? Likely yes. Would it be in keeping with the Rogue-like history? Absolutely not. People haven't argued largely over the choice of holiday foods, then again, some have. A rainbow potion supporting "Pride" however is neigther holiday nor a holiday food, it is a political statement of support. That is where the controvery lies, not in the subject of Pride.

No, ignoring fear and hate mongering does not make it go away. But do we really want to address "Pride" in this game, where not only will the matter not go away, as this thread clearly demonstrates, it adds fuel to the fire.

True, developers can opt to change things, and many do just that. I however like SPD moreso than any other PD.

Don't get me wrong, I'll still play. It is merely a concern raised, a Pandora's box if you will, to be addressed. How it is addressed is up to the developer. He may change it, or, leave it.

**Trolling remarks like this will not be addressed.

As this is a highly controversial matter, and I am not the first to broach it, and deleting this post would not address it, I have invited Even-00 to examine this thread and make a decision. **

I don't know that the words "fucking" and "assholes" belongs in a homosexual topic 😜

There you have it, the modern higher education exerting itself without thought, without grace, without class, without objective debating skills. How could I ever compete with such a whitty retort as that except to say, if ignorance is bliss then you must be the happiest person alive.

Any time one introduces a religious element into a none religious matter, it becomes a volitile topic. Same with sports and politics. Hence why the Book of Etiquette centuries ago decreed those 3 topics poor manors for public debate.

Taking a highly contoversial subject such as homosexuality and lumping it in with holiday meal/foods is, IMHO, an invitation to disputes unrelated to the game. I'm neither saying I am for or against the subject of homosexuality, merely that private matters should be kept private, and, that it does not follow suit with the changing of holiday foods in the game.