Comments on: China Bans Electroshock Therapy for “Internet Addiction”

By: Coder31

Coder31 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:06:09 +0000

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By: Grant H

Grant H — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:36:48 +0000

Ok… I feel like being all preachy with this… apologies in advance:

Unregulated, uncensored and unfiltered internet is the single best thing this world has to date. To understand the reason why it’s so great, look at the reason why China regulates, censors and filters the internet and why most western countries are now doing the same.

Understand that no amount of regulating, censoring or filtering will prevent people from accessing outlawed pornographic content. National internet filters are very easy to circumvent.

The internet itself may or may not be addictive. Certain activities which are accessed using the internet are certainly addictive. Restricting the internet is not the answer nor is therapy behind closed doors, openly and plainly educating the people who use the internet is the answer. It seems to be a forgotten fact these days, but people are perfectly capable of being self responsible… they just need to know the facts.

By: Blue Fire

Blue Fire — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:23:40 +0000

There’s only one surefire cure for Internet Addiction, at least for kids anyway – instead of plugging in the “addict” to electroshock treatment, you just pull the plug on the Internet connection. Parents need to take charge of their children’s activities. There’s an off-switch on the TV too.

By: jphysics

jphysics — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:47:12 +0000

See, I think the problem is that even if you could be “cured” of this addiction, you’d still be required to go online and use email at work. Addicts are supposed to avoid the thing they are addicted to, and in our modern workplace, that’s just impossible.