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China Bans Physical Punishment For Net Addicts
gimmebeer writes to tell us that months after a teen was beaten to death in an Internet boot camp, China has banned the use of physical punishment to help teens kick their net addiction. "The death of 15-year-old Deng Senshan, just hours after he checked into an Internet bootcamp in the southwestern Guangxi region in early August, caused a media storm in China. Days later, another teenager, Pu Liang, was taken to hospital with water in the lungs and kidney failure after a similar attack in Sichuan Province. The government in July had already banned electroshock therapy as a treatment for Internet addiction, after media reports about a controversial psychiatrist who administered electric currents to nearly 3,000 teenagers. The latest guidelines suggest officials in Beijing do not think that those with unhealthy Internet habits should be forced offline permanently."
You never left them.
It's amazing how deluded people can get about themselves. We think that human nature has changed and that society/culture/psychology/education/liberalism/conservatism/government/what-have-you has somehow fixed some basic fundamental problems in humanity. And then we're surprised at people when they manifest it (while excusing ourselves when we manifest it). Self-deception is amazing.