china is the first country that has labeled internet addiction a clinical
disorder and as a result we are seeing be's a treatment centers these boot camp
style
treatment centers popping up throughout the country where they are trying to
help teenagers
kick this addiction to the Internet now
Internet addiction in my opinion is definitely a serious issue for some
people so just to give you guys a few examples
some people actually died exhaustion after playing
online video games solidly for days and
in korea I remember reporting this story about a couple
that was going to an internet cafe and playing this game where they take care
there are
virtual family and in the process of doing so they were neglecting to feed
their three-month-old baby and three-month-old baby died no
yes so it doesn't really really sad story from a few years ago so Internet
addiction does exist and I think that some people might actually need
treatment for
so the intentions are good however in China the execution here
is not appropriate so I'm what they've done is
they have these ok almost like camps and it involves military physical training
medication therapy sessions and control diet in order to reconnect them with
society
the ironic thing is in the upper in the up it would be
intention a reconnecting them to society what they're really doing
is the art kinda taking them away from society putting them in these like
jail like cells and breaking them down
yeah and it reminds me a lot you know these residential treatment facilities
we have here in the united states where teenagers who are addicted to drugs
get sent there and then they're mentally and physically abused and they come out
all screwed up so chap it seems like that's what's happening in China and by
the way there's a documentary about this that
at that was premiered at Sundance it's known as weather junkies and they went
inside these boot camp style facilities and
sounds scary why don't they just had why don't they just bring those it
people who are addicted to the internet bring em on Maury have a drill
instructor school
scream at them and that would fix his kids today I talked about the other
people show they bring either if that's how you pick the kid
you to scream at the men always because that's what was the problem
use the kids who are popped up on drugs just bored screamed out enough
I it had passed the pets wanna fix them
that yet it's that same period the people in prison were hitting up his
kids
right you ever hear that I'm glad my pertain to the cat meow to prison all
yeah
that's what prisons are full of people just won't be to open up that would be
interested if I know what happens in these camps and to what extent this is
sort of a voluntary thing the family send their kids
yeah the teams are not done otherwise he really going to these camps other sent
there by their parents
on and if they'd just really does remind me a presidential treatment facilities
here in the US are
I'm not bad at the presidential trial I did I don't log on at you I should check
it out at
YouTube dot-com bust and perhaps period not a big deal
help but there was there was an investigation into many abuse treatment
facilities that these teams are being sent to
and there have been cases at somebody's facilities where the children
their children or teenagers were so malnourished that they died as a result
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yes %uh some of them get beaten some of them are forced to
really all up in front of a group of people it's a hideous heinous things
about themselves like
I like the girls would say things like I am a dirty slut
or whatever and it's a wave emotionally breaking them down
and then building them back up again but its it doesn't work
they come out in there with severe mental is wow
yet so I'll just I was just gonna say I this does not seem like the way to fix
it
but as you said Internet addiction is a real thing it is
and I think there've been their number different revolution
throughout me you know human history that you can't get too high for Cultural
Revolution industrial revolution where there's been massive changes
in society these things happen in the past they happen over
many generations and they're very rare every generation thinks that their
generation is the one where stuff is changing and
really fundamental way they were all wrong in the past this is actually
it right now and more changes happening in the way that we
orange ourselves a and structure society how we communicate with each other
and we don't know how to deal with it Chinese government does not to deal with
it
and Americans definitely don't know how to deal with it I don't know the
solution is but
weird were doing real damage to ourselves in so many different areas
you know I think part of the problem is we don't bond
rehabilitation another in the country so and
its I don't know if it's true China but this story makes me reflect on the way
that we treat people with addiction here in the United States
and oftentimes we treat people with addiction as though they're criminals
instead people who need help right so we've been like that with people who
have drug addiction
up and we've treated people who %uh you know
are in homosexual relationships for instance as if they're their deviant and
they need to be punished
and rehabilitated need well end up to they are more per bird don't you watch
The Bachelor
you know this reference to sorry we did yesterday bachelors that
gay people are more herbert more pervert yeah hook but the pic
I access anyway but but we need to change our mindset we need to stop
treating people as if they're criminals when in reality they need help
and it's true love those who have an Internet addiction