On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:16:46 -0400, WangoTango
wrote:

In article ,
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On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:20:49 -0700, Rich Grise
wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:56:07 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:45:47 -0400, WangoTango
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Ah, but the Casino debt was one VOLUNTARILY entered into.

When professionals use psychologists and advertizing and architects and
electronics and alcohol to predictably separate compulsive gamblers from
their assets, it's not exactly "voluntary."

Oh, feh. Are you volunteering to be The Great Nanny?

Gambling used to be illegal in most states. It still should be.
We all take risks every day.
Why shouldn't I be allowed to decide which ones?

As long as you don't run a casino, go for it.

John





Stupid people shouldn't be "protected" from the consequences of their own
stupidity.

Good grief, of course they should be. Why should being born with a low
IQ be a punishable (and exploitable) sin? The least competant among us
are the ones most in need of protection from the most predatory among
us.
Darwinism.....



Who would then protect us from the "protectors?"

Do you need to gamble?
No, but that should be MY choice.

Some things aren't allowed, like bazookas and anthrax and unapproved
aircraft and cars without seat belts. To keep dangerous stuff out of
the hands of people who might hurt themselves or others. You may enjoy
shooting off bazookas in your back lot, but it's in society's interest
to make them hard to get.




Sorry, but real life is tough.

And real people care about one another.

And stupid should hurt......

No. Stupid people should be reasonably protected against their
limitations, as we protect children and old people against theirs.

So many people are smug about being smart (which they sometimes even
are), as if they had any control over being born that way. And they
think other people should be punished, Darwinized to death for not
being smart. It's the same as believing that having royal blood makes
one superior, or that the Master Race can exterminate lower forms of
humanity.

John