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Teen Killed At Chinese Internet Addiction Camp
eldavojohn writes "Sixteen-year-old Deng Senshan was tragically beaten to death by three of his instructors in an internet addiction camp in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Reportedly it was for not being able to run fast enough. An article in the Wall Street Journal says that, 'China's netizens have played a key role in drawing nationwide attention to recent cases of deaths in prisons and detention centers, so it should be no surprise that they are up in arms over the fate of one of their own. Many questioned the fairly new diagnosis of "Internet addiction" as a mental disorder.' You may recall electroshock treatment being banned from use on internet addicts in China. According to Xinhua, more than 100 juveniles remain in 'treatment' at the camp, which has stayed open. Perhaps for Senshan it would have been better to let him endure his cruel affliction instead of having his parents pay over $1,000 to have him beaten to death?"
Don't worry, he'll respawn in a few seconds
On the upshot, that kid is no longer addicted to gaming...
crazy dynamite monkey
If internet addition is now punishable by death, Slashdot is going to become a very, very lonely place.
Reportedly it was for not being able to run fast enough
If only China had the same attitude towards Windows...
When I saw this, I couldn't help but think about the classical Rowan Atkinson sketch.
Does anyone else see the irony in sending a bunch of computer nerds to camp, and charging them a nice even binary number to do it?
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
Did he drop any good items?
In America, you can beat internet addiction. In communist China, internet addiction beats you.
"Reportedly it was for not being able to run fast enough."
Isn't that the reason why anyone gets beaten to death?