Teen Killed At Chinese Internet Addiction Camp

eldavojohn writes "Sixteen-year-old Deng Senshan was tragically beaten to death by three of his instructors in an internet addiction camp in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. Reportedly it was for not being able to run fast enough. An article in the Wall Street Journal says that, 'China's netizens have played a key role in drawing nationwide attention to recent cases of deaths in prisons and detention centers, so it should be no surprise that they are up in arms over the fate of one of their own. Many questioned the fairly new diagnosis of "Internet addiction" as a mental disorder.' You may recall electroshock treatment being banned from use on internet addicts in China. According to Xinhua, more than 100 juveniles remain in 'treatment' at the camp, which has stayed open. Perhaps for Senshan it would have been better to let him endure his cruel affliction instead of having his parents pay over $1,000 to have him beaten to death?"

Don't worry

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't worry, he'll respawn in a few seconds

Upshot

[decipher_saint]

On the upshot, that kid is no longer addicted to gaming...

Beware

[sunderland56]

If internet addition is now punishable by death, Slashdot is going to become a very, very lonely place.

for what?

[gbjbaanb]

Reportedly it was for not being able to run fast enough

If only China had the same attitude towards Windows...

Re:Beware

[Icegryphon]

suddenly it is playing in my head:

I'm so ronery
So ronery
So ronery and sadry arone

Re:i am addicted to the ineternet

[vintagepc]

Solution: Greasemonky script that retrieves a list of updated goatse-style sites... and at random intervals redirects you to one of those pages instead of the link you clicked. Granted, a different kind of shock therapy, but I'd imagine its pretty effective. (or at least, you won't browse if there's someone else in the room!)

Life Imitates Art

[MartinSchou]

When I saw this, I couldn't help but think about the classical Rowan Atkinson sketch [youtube.com].

Did anyone notice the cost?

[Flea of Pain]

FTA: "Deng Fei paid the camp 7,000 yuan ($1,024) for one month of training."

Does anyone else see the irony in sending a bunch of computer nerds to camp, and charging them a nice even binary number to do it?

Courtesy of /g/

[Anonymous Coward]

Did he drop any good items?

Communist China...

[Dgtl_+_Phoenix]

In America, you can beat internet addiction. In communist China, internet addiction beats you.

Re:Did anyone notice the cost?

[AndrewNeo]

I don't think 7 is a binary number. Er, a number involved in binary.

Re:Don't worry

[A. B3ttik]

Ah, so you're Hindu?

Re:er...uh...okay

[Anonymous Coward]

Why is this guy modded Troll??

Probably because he was trolling.

Re:Did anyone notice the cost?

[ChefInnocent]

Maybe in his system 7 is a valid symbol for what you think as 1. Think beyond the spoon Neo.

Re:Don't worry

[Aphoxema]

PvP? Sounds more like he got banned for failure to follow an ever-changing ToS.

Re:Did anyone notice the cost?

[bcmm]

He just started with 0, and kept doubling.

Duh.

Hrm.

[Steauengeglase]

"Reportedly it was for not being able to run fast enough."

Isn't that the reason why anyone gets beaten to death?

Re:Don't worry

[Anonymous Coward]

Fatality!

Flawless Victory!

Go to high school, get a course on religion

[Anonymous Coward]

Hindus believe that you respawn on the same server but the new character type and class depend on your current Karma rating.

For some reason, I feel that I will do fine when I respawn as a troll.

Re:Go to high school, get a course on religion

[MaskedSlacker]

Respawning as a troll is too good for an Anonymous Cowardon.