NewsScan Daily, 6 August 2004 ("Above The Fold")
FINLAND DISMISSING 'NET-ADDICTED' CONSCRIPTS
A growing number of conscripts have to be dismissed from Finland's
armed forces every year due to an Internet addiction that makes them
unsuited for service. A Finnish official says: "It's an increasing
problem.
More and more young people are always on the Internet day and night.
They
get up around noon and have neither friends nor hobbies. When they get
into
the army, it's a shock to them." There are no specific figures and the
military has yet to give the condition a proper dismissal code in its
health
records. (The Age, 4 Aug 2004) Rec'd from J Lamp
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/04/1091557883381.html
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
95929
