Internet Addicts — too depressed to shoot anything
Wednesday, August 4th, 2004Reuters is reporting that the Finnish Defense Forces have allowed some personnel to be excused from the military due to Internet Addiction.
“For people who play (Internet) games all night and don’t have any friends, don’t have any hobbies, to come into the army is a very big shock,” Commander-Captain Jyrki Kivela at the military conscription unit told the news service. “Some of (the conscripts) go to the doctor and say they can’t stay. Sometimes, the doctors have said they have an Internet addiction.”
