China hopes to cure Internet addicts at summer camp

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China is launching an experimental summer camp for 40 youngsters to try to wean them off their Internet addiction, state media said on Tuesday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070807/wr_nm/china_internet_dc

 

[alexios]

I'm always afraid when I hear that China is trying to "cure" somebody.

 

[D-rock]

Good luck to them. We know how much various summer camps work over here. :1orglaugh

Besides basically they always turn into nothing more than a convenient way for parents to dump off their kids during the summer to get rid of them.

 

[hedonis]

"Summer camp", with a "Cure"... Is anyone else frightened by this?

H

 

[senob44]

Sounds eerily like some sort of re-education camp for young dissidents.

 

[hedonis]

You are addicted to internet! Now you will go to camp...