Open letter to Nintendo.
Dear Nintendo Company,
I always enjoy your products. Now that I'm an adult I still do together with my kids. As a parent, and I'm pretty sure several of your staff are also parents and may feel likewise, I am concerned on your latest approval of same sex marriages being depicted in one of your games.
Sexual orientation and sexual education are subjects to be discussed within a family, and it is by no means up to Nintendo to teach our kids such options at such early ages. it is clear that leaving this option to a 7+ year old will bring to the child's attention such matters which should be dealt with at least 6 more years later.
Teens and adult players may think this is a "fun" element to include, but for parents, which have a clear different opinion as to what is "fun", should be taken into account as well. It is not Nintendo's mission to decide which minority adult decisions are to be considered as the new norm. It is simply not your mission.
I greatly appreciate if Nintendo stays away from cultural minority issues, and stay true to what the majority of families are: Man+Woman+kids they make together.
Thanks and keep up the good work,
Alpha Prime
Nintendo is not doing for "fun" , but because it reflects the diversity that exists in our society and what is accepted by the law. A child should look at it as something as normal as heterosexual marriages. This way we can avoid homophobia at later stages of their development as citizens.
ReplyDelete1. I never said Nintendo did this for fun. Nintendo's explanation shows their good intentions, but it is a wrong approach.
ReplyDelete2. Homomonies are legal for adults. Not for kids.
3. Homophobia is an unexplained fear to homosexuality. Assuming this to be an homophobic article or intended to provoke such irrational behavior is a typical ad hominem fallacy - you are assuming there is homophobic reasoning behind this article, therefore, the author is homophobic.
4. Parents should be first to show to their kids what is normal or not. Not Nintendo, which is really my argument. If you allow companies to get to your kids heads with moral issues which are clearly not following a norm, then that is your personal choice as a parent.
5. Not choosing a gay lifestyle is not being homophobic.
6. Homosexuality and homomonies are not normal. These are a minority. Do not confuse what is legal to what is normal.
Thank you for your comment.
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DeleteBecause kids are not taught that homosexuality is normal, problems like homophobia happen later. This has nothing to do with saying that your post is homophobic (actually, it is). Homophobia is not only about fear, but hate. Discrimination that you wish to cover under your diplomatic words.
DeleteKids should be shown the truth, not a minority perspective of reality. Truth is homosexuality is not the norm. The rest of your accusations were already clarified.
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ReplyDeleteIn an evolved society, gays and homosexual marriages should be considered normal. Minorities are still normal. You don't get to say something is not normal when it is. If a game is based on society, it is not Nintendo's fault that a parent wish to educate his sons avoiding reality.
ReplyDeleteA minority is not the norm...like being white in Africa..in Africa being white is not the norm. In the world being homosexual is not the norm. Arguments should be based on truth, not on specific minority false agendas, which later are thrown to kids in a false way. Note that evolved societies should be based on truth.
Delete100% with you, Héctor Julio
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