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."

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Re:Wow, that's impressive

[Mr. Freeman]

"By your interpretation a toddler put in a crib is also a prisoner. "

NO! They're not. You clearly didn't bother to actually didn't read his post, did you?
You missed the first line of his post: "C) Are mentally stable and can make their own decisions"
Toddlers are not mentally stable and can't make their own rational decisions, which is exactly what he was referring to.