Did you know that China has been introducing game-loving children to the wacky world of electric shock therapy? That's right -- parents have been willingly signing their children up for a course of jolts in order to stop them playing online videogames and surfing the 'net. Fortunately, the news today is that Chinese officials have officialy ordered it to stop ... but why was it happening in the first place?
"More than 3,000 young people were tricked or forced into the four-month long course," reports China Daily. "To enroll their children, parents or guardians had to sign a contract acknowledging that they would be given electric shocks of up to 200 milliamperes. The treatment cost 6,000 yuan ($878) per monthv...
"Shocks were given if patients broke any of the center’s 86 rules, which included prohibitions on eating chocolate, locking the bathroom door, taking pills before a meal, and sitting in Dr. Yang's chair without permission. Details of the treatment first became public when former patients wrote about their experiences online."
In an almost cult-like move, the children were considered "reborn" when they finally admitted their addiction.
That is just ... wow. Rarely am I at a loss for words, but that's absolutely screwed up. I'm glad it's been stopped, but that kind of thing really, really shouldn't be happening these days. Frankly, any parent willing to sign their kid up to something so cruel should be had up on charges of child abuse.
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12:20 PM on 07.14.2009
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In all honesty, though, this is really, really insane. I hope those patients are OK.
At how low the graphics settings are on that Sims 2 Picture.
Back in the day, my mom wouldve handed me my ass, and then fix me a sandwich.
Wondering what the results were though!
Its just a nice way of learning. Think of it this way, a kid wants to know if he can stick a fork in an electrical outlet, finds out the hard way, same thing.
Now I best get out of here before Dr. Yang catches me in his chair eating chocolate again.
Oh god I lol'd. Silly dirty interweb addicts.
I mean, please somebody explain this to me.
Stuff like this still goes on. It's what happens when you have a society that believes heavily in one thing or another. Then someone else suggests a solution maybe the only solution. Remember Iraq?
The other guy Bini was a British citizen, I believe.
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