I am so relieved that Chinese government has decided to stop "treating" sufferers of "Internet addiction" with electric shock therapy!

BEIJING (AP) -- China's Health Ministry has ordered a hospital to stop using electric shock therapy to cure youths of Internet addiction, saying there was no scientific evidence it worked.

Linyi Mental Health Hospital in eastern Shandong province used the treatment as part of a four-month program that has so far treated nearly 3,000 youths, the China Youth Daily newspaper has reported, citing the psychiatrist who runs it, Yang Yongxin.

The ministry said in a statement posted on its Web site late Monday there is no domestic or international clinical evidence that electric shock therapy helps cure Internet addiction. Electric shock therapy is most often used to treat severe depression.

Chinese psychologists say symptoms of Internet addiction include being online more than six hours a day -- playing games and looking at pornography rather than working or studying -- and getting angry when unable to get online.

You should have heard me swear!

Of course, thanks to my Internet addiction, I learned that swearing is good for my pain.

I'm glad it's getting harder to be shocked, but I'll be damned if I don't swear the whole shocking thing reminds me of this: