Internet addictions: A real medical menace?

[The Dork Lord]

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Dr. Jerald Block of the Oregon Health and Science University is the latest voice pushing for this inclusion, noting that tech junkies display genuinely debilitating behavior, including drug-like cravings, withdrawal, and a constant need for more and better gear - just like a substance addict might exhibit.

But other doctors comment that Internet addiction, while it may be real, is too new of a condition and needs further study before being medically classified. There might be something to this: No one wants people being medicated or institutionalized if they aren't genuinely ill.

 

[VKD]

the Hellmanites/Guttersnipes are a prime example of net addiction gone out of control

 

[Loktar]

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I don't know about the more or better gear part but use to suffer withdrawal and cravings when away from the internet.

 

[God's Afro]

You know, thanks to the internet some people would not have any interaction with human beings at all. The internet gives people access to the world, unlike TV. I'd say it would be a far more healthier addiction than to alcahole, tobacco, or illicit drugs.

Goddamn, why do they hate the internet so much?

 

[The Dork Lord]

I'd say it would be a far more healthier addiction than to alcahole, tobacco, or illicit drugs.

What about sex? Lotsa STD's out there these days...

 

[PepeAngelus]

You know, thanks to the internet some people would not have any interaction with human beings at all. The internet gives people access to the world, unlike TV. I'd say it would be a far more healthier addiction than to alcahole, tobacco, or illicit drugs.

Goddamn, why do they hate the internet so much?

Because THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH-- they FEAR it; but much more, they fear OTHER people getting wise to the system, via having access to information and communication with others.

Hatred of Chatrooms I can understand, since I've seen people who occupy the same AOL chatroom for YEARS-- and I'm talking the entire chatroom filled with the same exact people, displaying psychotic and group-think behavior in their chat; however some boards, like this one, allow for intellectual stimulation and exchange of ideas among people, that wouldn't otherwise be possible.


Also the internet allows anonymity, thereby preventing anyone from suppressing free speech through intimidation; the worst you can do is FLAME someone, and not many people are afraid of flamers.

And when people assemble without Big Brother watching, the self-appointed academic elite fear a "peasant uprising."

The internet also gives global voice to those who don't have it, and so of course the media are against it since it threatens their advantage in this area.


Since the rise of the internet, the legal basis of our current establishment has been thoroughly expounded, and people are getting ready to tear down the statute of Lincoln just like with Lenin and Hussein.

If the people EVER take the country back, there will be hell to pay I promise you.