Gamer neglects mother to death

[James]

Gamer neglects mother to death

A Taiwanese man who spent his time playing computer games left his sick mother to starve to death

 

[steaksauce]

If they're thinking of making a law to ensure people look after their parents then this is clearly a problem in Taiwan.

 

[foozball3000]

So...

Where does his wife live?

 

[Ser_Bunnylot]

If they're thinking of making a law to ensure people look after their parents then this is clearly a problem in Taiwan.

It's a pretty bad law. They have something similar in my home country of Poland. One can get a court order to make people's descendants pay to look after them when they are elderly.

It sort of ignores that not all families work. If you've never met your grandmother because she abused your father and he left as soon as he was 18 and now she needs financial support. Well, too bad for you.

 

[McT]

How grim. To ignore your family this extent is unforgiveable.

 

[korn1]

Oh man that is disgusting

 

[JP'S]

Fucking sick... Sure we all enjoy our games but to neglect someone in a critical state like that is just pathetic.

 

[HavocXphere]

Clearly a tragic case, but I feel that this & the reporting thereof is potentially misrepresenting the situation.

e.g.

spend his time playing computer games at Internet cafés

That is *the norm* in Taiwain. You don't buy a PC like you & I do, in Taiwan you go to an internet cafe. Yet the article has the whole evil 24/7 internet gamer thing going.

The coroner estimated that the 53-year-old had been dead for more than a week, and that she had not had any food for at least five days prior to her death.

Bullsht. There is no way a coroner can project that kind of timeline.

I also question creating a law that creates an obligation to look after your (biological?) parents - which is kinda a prerequisite for the abandonment angle they have going. To me that is a relationship rather than a legal obligation.

Don't get me wrong - I care for my parents & fully intend to care for them to whatever extent necessary. Hell they have sacrificed much for me, but I still think this whole legal angle is entirely misguided. This is not a legal thing its a relationship/(moral?) thing.