07-16-2007, 05:10 PM
Quote:I just came across this interesting article on yahoo news. And they still say internet addiction isn't serious?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_...ernet_addiction
Many many parents neglect their children just as atrociously without blaming video games. I don't accept this is a fault of the product. They could have been watching TV while their babies cried
People like when caught to find some reason why they were not responsible. I suspect their justification is something along the lines of "I'm a good parent but I was suffering from addiction. It's not my fault"
It's a product of the court system that people will always look for mitigating causes however spurious when they are in the dock
If it was real addiction the parents would have been suffering from malnutrition as well as the children. They seem however to have managed to feed themselves well enough though.