2023-04-24 21:48:00
This statement by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 77, dates from April 18, a week following the Blumenau tragedy, when a man killed four children with an ax in a nursery in the south of the country.
“There are no video games that talk regarding love or education. Only video games that teach children to kill,” he said at a ministerial meeting where prevention measures were announced. once morest violence in schools.
“These days, kids spend the night playing, and the result is this violence,” he added.
University professors, researchers and creators of video games believe that “this simplistic association between video games and violence is not only erroneous, but can also divert the debate on the roots of violence”, can we read in the letter which has brought together 71 signatories since its publication last Thursday.
“President Lula’s assertions (…) go once morest all research on the subject”, add the specialists, who “urge” the Head of State to dialogue with the sector to “review” his position. .
The famous influencer Felipe Neto, followed by more than 45 million subscribers on Youtube, considered Lula’s comments “outdated”, castigating “a grotesque communication error by the president” who he nevertheless supported during his election in October once morest his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
One of the president’s sons, Luis Claudio Lula da Silva, admitted that this association was unwelcome, but felt that his father’s comments should be put into perspective: “he saw his children and grandchildren grow up playing games video. He knows it didn’t make us violent. It was a hot statement on a controversial topic, and he ended up generalizing.”
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