Thailand does have an interesting situation. I, myself, lived in Thailand for many years. The gamming/plasy station cafe idea is extramly popular there with the youth. In 1/2 mile radios from my little apartment i KNEW of 4 internet/gaming cafe and 1 playstation cafe... and i didn't even live right in the city. Computer equipment is very cheap over there.. and all software can easily be bought pirated and exteremly cheap. If i ever had the need to send an email i had to make sure i was in and out before around 2:00pm when kids (between 9 and 15 usually) got out of school and filled the places.
and the same children do this every day.. all day if there is no school.. in fact many parents will actually use these cafe's as a way to get rid of their children so they don't have to deal with them at home espcially if the child refuses to go to school..
i can see why the government is trying to do something, but i don't know if it will help or not..
the children might not be doing anything *usefull* but it's better than gang participation or drug use. In that 1/2 mile from my place i also knew of 3 places in which cocain was being sold and the police being bribed not to do anything about it.
perhaps the issuse of parenting needs to be addressed more than the issue of too much gaming.
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Thailand does have an interesting situation. I, myself, lived in Thailand for many years. The gamming/plasy station cafe idea is extramly popular there with the youth. In 1/2 mile radios from my little apartment i KNEW of 4 internet/gaming cafe and 1 playstation cafe... and i didn't even live right in the city. Computer equipment is very cheap over there.. and all software can easily be bought pirated and exteremly cheap. If i ever had the need to send an email i had to make sure i was in and out before around 2:00pm when kids (between 9 and 15 usually) got out of school and filled the places. and the same children do this every day.. all day if there is no school.. in fact many parents will actually use these cafe's as a way to get rid of their children so they don't have to deal with them at home espcially if the child refuses to go to school.. i can see why the government is trying to do something, but i don't know if it will help or not.. the children might not be doing anything *usefull* but it's better than gang participation or drug use. In that 1/2 mile from my place i also knew of 3 places in which cocain was being sold and the police being bribed not to do anything about it. perhaps the issuse of parenting needs to be addressed more than the issue of too much gaming.