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Chinese Prisoners Forced into MMO Gold Farming
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 8:35 pm
by robinban
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It's been revealed that many Chinese prisoners are being forced into online "hard labor" in titles such as World of Warcraft, because it's more profitable than manual labor.
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 9:59 pm
by Garriath
Do bear in mind that this appears to be a scheme by prison guards to eke extra money out of the prisoners, rather than some sort of government scheme. Not saying that the government tolerates this kind of human rights abuses isn't horrifying, but there's no evidence to suggest that the Chinese government is in fact promoting this sort of thing over hard labor.
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 12:38 am
by robinban
Garriath wrote:Do bear in mind that this appears to be a scheme by prison guards to eke extra money out of the prisoners, rather than some sort of government scheme. Not saying that the government tolerates this kind of human rights abuses isn't horrifying, but there's no evidence to suggest that the Chinese government is in fact promoting this sort of thing over hard labor.
That's right, it the several prison guards, not Chinese government
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:39 am
by Diksha
Garriath wrote:Do bear in mind that this appears to be a scheme by prison guards to eke extra money out of the prisoners, rather than some sort of government scheme. Not saying that the government tolerates this kind of human rights abuses isn't horrifying, but there's no evidence to suggest that the Chinese government is in fact promoting this sort of thing over hard labor.
But thats not the point, a government have an eye over the every activity in their country. It is not possible that they are not aware about this matter and also it is possible they can't interested in!
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:41 am
by Stworca
Wait.. what? Revealed? It's been obvious and known to everyone while i was playing (2007)
The sudden spotlight is for sure nothing more than a marketing move.
Besides, would you rather smash rocks with a hammer, or farm gold in an MMO? :laugh: