FARM ANY BABIES TODAY?
I am in the mood for some net-lecturing today.
Have we seriously gone net-crazy?
By now many of you must have heard of the South Korean couple who let their 3 month old baby daughter die of starvation only because they were too busy raising their ‘virtual’ child online. Both unemployed, they would spend 6-8 hours in the nearby internet café where they were obsessed with a role-playing game called “Prius Online” in which they nurtured a virtual girl named ‘Anima’.
Bottle feeding the poor baby only once everyday, they spent hours upon hours online making sure that ‘Anima’ got her virtual milk on time.
On September 24th when they returned home after spending the whole night at the internet café they found their poor baby dead and promptly went into hiding at a relative’s home from where they had the cheek to issue a statement.
It said: “I’m sorry to my daughter and hope she doesn’t get sick in heaven.”
Now let that be a lesson to all of you who spend hours on your ‘farms’.
Your children & family may not exactly be starving for food but they are starving nonetheless.
Starving for your time and attention.
Think of all the real things you can do for your family and loved ones the next time you go to plant some virtual ‘strawberries’.
BTW did you notice that in that report about the Korean case the virtual baby was called “Anima” but there was no mention of the poor ‘real’ baby’s name.
Neither by the reporters nor by the parents in their statement.
And That’s Sad. Very Very Sad.
Till next time and hopefully some better news.
Luv
Vish
P.S. How many of you were thinking of Googling ‘Prius Online’ even while you were reading the article above? Shame On You.
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