Why is China so weird?

[Intense]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17251571/

While I agree that people can get addicted to the internet, this is pretty LOLish.

[Osede]

is the problem that korea and china kids are always way too addicted to online games. It is hard to believe if you didnt read the news there once every year a kid die before he played CS/starcraft/wow for straight of 72hrs in internet cafe

[Amadeo]

Most have been forced to come by their parents, who are paying upward of $1,300 a month -- about 10 times the average salary in China -- for the treatment.

Awesome, so all it takes to live like a king in China is to scream "Its for your own good!" and electrocute people, noted.

[Norelco]

They're electrocuting the wrong Chinese people...they should be going after those dirty girserrers.

[finale23]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17251571/

While I agree that people can get addicted to the internet, this is pretty LOLish.

because in china, the government takes upon itself to "cleanse" its populace. more specifically, it has passed a series of outlandish legislations in the name of "for your own good", such as regulations on how many hours people can play WoW or other online games, death penalty for drug users, censorship on BBS and forums, etc. no wonder kidds have no self control when they stumble upon new games/technologies, because they have grown accustomed to all the absurd regulations established by the government.

[Xavier]

The color red explains it all.

[HAcoreRD]

They're electrocuting the wrong Chinese people...they should be going after those dirty girserrers.

Theyre locking up the RMT, not banning them.

[Misterjingles]

...Yu Bo, 21, from Inner Mongolia, and Li Yanjiang, 15, from Hebei province. Both said that they used to spend four to five hours a week online...

I laughed when I read that, only because I get that many hours online at work and then double that when I get home XD. Though it makes you wonder if they act like Chapelle the first couple of weeks, "Gimme some internet man, I'll suck yo dick!" Almost as funny as the guy that killed himself over meeting someone from online...almost.

[Justice]

China has a history of using Physical force to combat what it sees as

"a grave social problem" that threatens the nation."

While i do agree that the internet is addicting and people need to take better care less they become addicted and start posting here and other places like 4chan and somethingawful, Chinas harsh methods are not the right solution.

Side note
Electroshock therapy, anyone actually know if thats useful? i could have sworn i read somewhere that it wasnt.

[Misterjingles]

Electroshock therapy, anyone actually know if thats useful? i could have sworn i read somewhere that it wasnt.

Probably isn't but its oh so fun.

[Charla]

According to Newsweek it sometimes helps with depression when nothing else works, but it also causes memory loss and stuff. Some senator's wife or something did an interview about it.

[BRP]

Isn't it going to be awesome, in like 100 years, there will be 60 billion Chinese!?

[Joran]

one that has been blamed in the state-run media for a murder over virtual property earned in an online game

Damn, those RMT don't play games do they?

[Intense]

While i do agree that the internet is addicting and people need to take better care less they become addicted and start posting here and other places like 4chan and somethingawful, Chinas harsh methods are not the right solution.

Right, they can come here and have Aurik yell at them for an hour, that will cure them. :D

[finale23]

China has a history of using Physical force to combat what it sees as

"a grave social problem" that threatens the nation."

While i do agree that the internet is addicting and people need to take better care less they become addicted and start posting here and other places like 4chan and somethingawful, Chinas harsh methods are not the right solution.

the problem is that the government is out to get you and its power is unchecked due to the one-party system. plus, Chinese are too sheepish to do anything about it.