I believe that was a South Korean gamer.Benny26 said:I remember a story of a China bloke a few months back who basically just dropped dead after 3 days of solid gaming in an internet cafe.
I believe that was a South Korean gamer.Benny26 said:I remember a story of a China bloke a few months back who basically just dropped dead after 3 days of solid gaming in an internet cafe.
Guest said:
A close re-read of the article would show that these people are forced, on pain of being beaten, to play games in order to supplement the real-world income of their guards--who beat them if they don't make a quota. And this all happens AFTER the prisoners have had to do a full day of hard labour. How this equates to a free person coming home from school or their day job to be online with their buddies and play for pleasure, I'm just not seeing.
Someone needs to stop this country.
How's the air up there?I'm gonna interpret that with a deep implication, and with that, would you have the slightest bit of sympathy for these people? I understand they could be beaten for anything, but forced to grind on someones account?
"Yeah they make my stuff, and they need to be forced under these similar circumstances for years to help the economy of other countries. There's nothing anyone can do about it, might as well make the best out of it."
That's a personal cruelty as the finest example of itself.
actually read: "Someone needs to stop this country. I'll get right behind anyone who comes up with a workable plan. Post the details on my facebook wall by the end of the day, but don't leave it too late 'cos I'll need to rail against game developers, the RIAA, or new model toasters lacking USB3.0 support in tomorrows post.Someone needs to stop this country
Well I'm glad that's not what you meant. Perhaps you were really worried about my computer parts?How's the air up there?
Don't go confusing a statement of fact with indifference
I don't understand why I deserved that, and it doesn't make anyone seem any worldlier to assume me as such. I can only assume that you hold a superior position in worldly views and put mine as contemptible, if so I have no defense against that. That quoted sentence was just an attempt to understand why you would ask me where my parts came from, to question that country's significance in everyone's modern life. It was presumptuous in that If we're in such a technological asymptote, we should be grateful for the circumstances that brought China it's significant role. At least I'm trying to be as compassionate as possible; I apologize.Someone needs to stop this country
actually read: "Someone needs to stop this country. I'll get right behind anyone who comes up with a workable plan. Post the details on my facebook wall by the end of the day, but don't leave it too late 'cos I'll need to rail against game developers, the RIAA, or new model toasters lacking USB3.0 support in tomorrows post.
Personally I don't care whether you're grateful for "Made in China" or not TBH.When you asked me where my computer parts came from, it seemed inappropriate to place me as ungrateful for their existence
You were expecting kid gloves ?you are well within your rights to correct me instead of making it particularly difficult for me to clear these things up.
...followed by ascribing an assumption of a lack of empathic concern:Someone needs to stop this country.
_________________That's a personal cruelty as the finest example of itself.
I presume you mean undermine. Again you seem to ascribing an assumption not supported by the text. The other human rights "issues" are there to demonstrate thatYou mentioned more pressing issues about the country to under-influence my blatant suggestion, those are insightful but I doubt it would be any help to inform me.
Benny26 said:
I remember a story of a China bloke a few months back who basically just dropped dead after 3 days of solid gaming in an internet cafe. You do have to wonder what it's doing for their mental health.
Better than physical labour?....I wouldn't say so.
I believe it was a South Korean gamer.