Korean Game Addiction Treatment Looks Pretty Extreme

[OtherSideofSky]

They should totally replace our rehab clinics with this. I'm sure we'd have much less screwed up celebrities if we really went all the way with it.

 

[Dfskelleton]

I would just write this, but there's a Street Fighter gif that goes with it. So:

[HEADING=1]POINTLESS.[/HEADING]

OT: That's a bit harsh for video game addiction, don't you think?

 

[Sarah Frazier]

They should totally replace our rehab clinics with this. I'm sure we'd have much less screwed up celebrities if we really went all the way with it.

Agreed. Celebrities act all offended as it is when the paparazzi take pictures of them shopping in their PJs, so imagine the (more genuine) shame they would feel at having pictures taken when they're sweaty, muddy, hair all ratty, and no make-up to go along with the strain faces of having to work out past anything they got from personal trainers. That should help them think twice before breaking laws everyone should follow, then bully their way out because they're famous.

 

[Death God]

I would never let myself have a video game addiction. Let alone an addiction so strong that I get sent to a military camp. No game is worth harsh conditions and brutal workouts.

crack totally is though.

For some I suppose. Hard to believe that some people even start it up though.

 

[ryo02]

games wont turn you into a murder but these camps will. this cant be legal

 

[KeyMaster45]

I think boot camp is a might extreme to make a kid behave. Granted sometimes a kid really does need to be put through shit so they can get a little perspective. (the military did wonders for the "good ol' boys" in my family) I think though gaming addiction is something that doesn't warrant boot camp but instead warrants the parents taking a little action to curb the habit.

That being said, I got by just fine on the threat of kneeling in the corner and a firm whipping on the bottom from a belt. I guarantee you whatever I did to get my mother or grandparents to bust out the belt I made damn sure I never did again.

 

[KDR_11k]

Whenever there's a problem some hack will throw together random extreme measures and call it a solution.

 

[LANCE420]

I don't think these are military exercises, because military exercises tend to have a relevant point.

 

[AK47Marine]

Shit it's just getting sent to military school, happens all the time in the states

South Korea requires mandatory military service any way, so this will just give them a leg up when they head to real boot camp.

Edit: That said this almost seems like an excuse to avoid parenting, a parent should be able to instill discipline in their children themselves. If they really are heading off on the wrong track (joining a gang, etc) then this type of punishment and social reform would be quite valuable and more useful then Juvi

Yeah, I dont see the big deal. Not with the training, Im sure the camp is hard considering its a boot camp, and I sure as hell wouldnt want to do it, but I mean the concept. Really, happens all the time over here, and sometimes if the parents cant or wont do it, the kids need a push in th eright direction.

Or in this case more a DI's boot kicking them in the right direction.

Seriously though I don't know much about the SK Military but I know a little about their Marines (or ROKs as well call them, because they are the Republic of Korea Marine Corps) besides it being mandatory to train to black belt level in taekwando some of the shit they do for training involves going out on to the 38th Parallel (not on duty mind, this is just something they do for training) in weather that you would not believe (snow, ice, whatever) and just stand there in a fighting stance facing over the border for hours on end.

I don't think these are military exercises, because military exercises tend to have a relevant point.

Hahaha god I wish that was true, most of it comes down to fucking with us because they got fucked with and us having the mental endurance to get past it for a lot of the stuff in boot. Meanwhile out in the real Corps (and probably the rest of the armed forces) hazing and shit just for the hell of it is sadly quite common, it doesn't really serve a point just lets some NCO get his jollies "punishing" Marines for some infraction or another. Still was considered a military exercise, one NCO even made sure any hazefests he held were logged as training hours.

 

[BloodRed Pixel]

kids who miss school, become addicted to video games or join gangs

so joining a gang and potentially commit crimes is the same as playing videogames?

an interesting way of undiscriminating thinking.
Or should I say ignorant?

 

[cerealnmuffin]

The students are in school from usually 8am to 9pm at night. They first go to a public school then to a specialized study school called a Hagwon (I teach at an English one). I feel bad they don't really get any free time. Whenever they have a day off, it is usually spent catching up on loss of sleep. I think they should have some time off from studies.

 

[ryo02]

games wont turn you into a murder but these camps will. this cant be legal

How will boot camp turn them into murderers?

you think torturing a kid isnt give them some mental scaring?

 

[ilspooner]

Ouch. That is really harsh. I am glad I live in Australia.

 

[DTWolfwood]

'To make them stronger and more responsible'

More like fuck them up for the rest of there lives.

FYI looks like them game addicts get an early start in their military training that they are required to have when they turn 18 anyways.

 

[milkkart]

thinking about it SK needs soldiers to patrol the NK border and conscription is getting more and more unpopular there, maybe they're trying this out as a replacement.

 

[VondeVon]

Sounds like "Brat Camp". But, you know, more hardcore.

To be honest, I'd like a few of these down South in Australia. Some days our teen cultural identity seems to consist of immature, ignorant, racist and aggressive people. It would be nice if anti-social behavior, theft or bashings could be court-punished by a stay at a Korean-style camp.