how could you do that?..

[Brock Samson]

Reports:
South Korean Internet addicts let baby starve

Saturday, March 6, 2010


(03-06) 05:53 PST SEOUL, South Korea (AP) --

A South Korean couple addicted to an Internet game about raising a virtual child were arrested for neglecting their real 3-month-old daughter and letting her starve to death, news reports said.

The couple spent between four and six hours every day at Internet cafes in Suwon, a city just south of Seoul, and bottle-fed their baby only once a day, the Yonhap news agency and other South Korean media reported, citing police.

The couple found their baby dead on Sept. 24 when they returned home after playing online games at a nearby Internet cafe all night, Yonhap reported.

The 41-year-old father and his 25-year-old wife, both jobless, went into hiding at a relative's home north of Seoul after a police autopsy found the baby died because of a long period of malnutrition, the report said. Police arrested the couple on Wednesday, it said.

"I'm sorry to my daughter and hope she doesn't get sick in heaven," the father was quoted as saying by Yonhap.

News reports said the girl was born prematurely, weighing 5 pounds (2.25 kilograms), and had spent one month in an incubator.

The couple, who met each other through an Internet chat site, was reportedly obsessed with a role-playing game called "Prius Online" in which they nurtured a virtual girl dubbed "Anima."

Calls to the Suwon police team handling the case rang unanswered Saturday


    pretty sad this internet addiction...
 
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gCIs41UoqrmLnFT4-wTHNq4JdH6AD9E95SNO0

[RECHRGD]

That's sick.  Brock, with almost 13,000 posts on just this site, I hope no little people are relying on you for anything.   Bob

[RD]

i hope they fry... i am just really angered at fricken idiots like that (and yes they are everywhere, i know).  parenting license's sound alot better nowadays.

[MoparManJim]

That isn't even sick  , that is way beyound sick. Just give me afew days at least 4 with those two.. I would take them and starve them and then beat the crap out out of them and then kick them both very badly on the head. Then pound there heads on a brick wall to see if they have learnt any dang thing  . Then take and tie them to a chair to the game they "love" so dang much and make them stay up for at least 48 hours playing it non-stop without no food and water at all and see how long them can last. Then take and kick them in a area where it hurts so much at afew more times. Then take and starve them more..   

[Mike DC]

   
They're faceless strangers I'll never know. 



My conscience tells me to be dutifully sad, but I'm mostly just amused at the irony of it. 

     

[Silver R/T]

damn Koreans...

[bull]

damn Koreans...

That as retarded, Silver.

Anyway, this reminds me of me trying to get the kids off Webkinz long enough to feed the dog and cat.

[Cooter]

I'll say it again....When your Gene pool is the size of a thimble, you should not allowed to procreate...

[jb666]

That isn't even sick  , that is way beyound sick. Just give me afew days at least 4 with those two.. I would take them and starve them and then beat the crap out out of them and then kick them both very badly on the head. Then pound there heads on a brick wall to see if they have learnt any dang thing  . Then take and tie them to a chair to the game they "love" so dang much and make them stay up for at least 48 hours playing it non-stop without no food and water at all and see how long them can last. Then take and kick them in a area where it hurts so much at afew more times. Then take and starve them more..   

Tell us how you REALLY feel, Jim