As Confucius said: Never put gamers in charge of therapy centers.
Chinese prof brands gamers no better than drug dealers
A Chinese newspaper has managed to offend most of the nation’s gaming community by quoting an addiction “expert” who likened gamers to drug dealers. Guangdong-based Communist Party mouthpiece the Southern Daily spoke to a “distinguished” university professor Tao Hongkai for the rent-a-quote outburst, in a piece of reporting …
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Thursday 28th November 2013 09:46 GMT John Tserkezis
"In one such centre a 15-year-old boy died after severed “therapeutic” beatings – leading to a crack down on physical violence at such facilities."
And that's the way it should be, we can't have gamers running around amok, society will crumble. Now excuse me while I do some more "scientific research" on GTA.
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Thursday 28th November 2013 15:57 GMT John Savard
The Cure
The Communist Party of China should give up its grip on power, and turn China into a free country like the United States of America. Then the Chinese people, including the youth, will be able to lead meaningful lives, and video games will take their proper place as a harmless form of recreation, instead of escape from a bleak existence.
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Friday 29th November 2013 10:20 GMT Nuke
@John Savard - Re: The Cure
Wrote :- "The Communist Party of China should give up its grip on power, and turn China into a free country"
This is either an off-topic rant on the pretext of the word "China" being mentioned, or you have misread TFA. This is not about the Chinese Government, it is about the opinion of one individual who got some news coverage. Wouldn't be hard to find such opinions being reported in the West either.
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