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First American Internet Addiction Treatment Center
An anonymous reader writes "Taking their lead from China, two Americans have opened the first US-based Internet Addiction treatment center in Fall City, Wash. — ironically close to Redmond (Microsoft's hometown). The center, called reStart: Internet Addiction Recovery Program, is a 45-day treatment center where, for a steep set of fees, people can be cured of their addiction to the Web. After paying the $200 application fee, addicts are charged $14,500 for the 45 days, an additional $800 for a screening, and more for extra services, like kayaking ($1,575)."
They should have a service like this for religious people. Religious nutcase addicts are far more dangerous than some dude that plays warcraft all day or something.
I don't mind religious people. I know a few people who are devout Christians. I also know a few people who're really into Islam. The funny thing is that they get along pretty well. And why not? I mean, both believe in one god with probably slightly different hairdo (we'll never know, after all neither may draw pictures of him) and they call him by different names.
They're no problem. Enjoy and live and do whatever your favorite pastime may be. Mine is hacking virtual beings, yours is worshipping one, no harm in either. I also don't mind if you run around telling everyone how cool your imaginary friend is.
It stops being cool when people go around beating up people or worse in the name of their imaginary friend, because they claim he doesn't like what they're doing. It's kinda odd to see laws being passed based on the ideas of your imaginary friend. I mean, just because Harvey here thinks it's cool to force everyone to eat carrots on Sundays, I can't go around cramming orange vegetables down everyone's throat and, when (rightfully) arrested, claim it was Harvey's idea and thus should be law.
Freedom of speech, fine. Freedom to force your views onto me to limit mine, not fine.
He didn't talk about religious people. They're ok. If that's what you need to enjoy your life, more power to you. Enjoy it. He was talking about religious nutjobs. Which is, at least by my standards, anyone who deems it right to force the behaviour which is "right" according to his religion on other who couldn't care less what some God or Goddess or Spirit or whatever wants.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.