Chinese Couple Sells Kids To Fund Online Gaming

A Chinese couple who really like to game are under arrest for selling their kids and converting the money into game currency. From the article: "In 2009, Li Lin and Li Juan welcomed their second child, a baby girl, and came up with the idea to sell her for money to fund their online game obsession. They did so, receiving RMB 3,000 (less than $500), which they spent entirely shortly after. The couple then proceeded to sell their first child and got 10 times as much for him -- RMB 30,000, or about $4600. Upon having their third child -- another boy -- the parents followed in their previous footsteps and also got RMB 30,000 for him." I wonder what the "kid seller" achievement looks like?

Re:Who did they sell to?

[digitig]

Also, organised crime rings use them for begging. It's not unknown for them to kidnap children and starve them to death (because people tend to be more generous if the child is in a desperate state). Presumably if they paid for these kids there would be more incentive to keep them alive, but I'm undecided about whether that would be better.

Re:not neccessarily a "gaming" story

[spiffmastercow]

Please explain the US attitude towards sex and all things sexually and the overbearing "think of the children" policies.

It gets more complicated here.. In the US, there are two general views on the issue:
1.) Low value on sex, low value on fetus, high value on children (generally liberals)
2.) High value on sex, high value on fetus, low value on children (generally conservatives)