On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:01:07 -0400, WangoTango
wrote:

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On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:27:21 -0400, WangoTango
wrote:



We outlaw dangerous drugs and dangerous products. Do you object to
that too?

What is at question here is why you think you know better what a person
does with THEIR money, nothing more.

You didn't answer the question.
Because you are just trying to stray from your initial flawed premise.
If you want to have a discussion about drug use, we can, AFTER we get
past the current discussion.


Like I stated before, if you are going to trumpet the successes of the
"War on Drugs" you are going to have your job cut out for you.

Education and treatment has always been more productive than
prohibition.

Do you believe that? I don't.

Well, yes, you didn't say you wanted to educated people about the
stupidity of gambling, you said it should be outlawed. You didn't say
that there should be treatment for compulsive gamblers, you said you
wanted to outlaw it.

Prevention is the best treatment.

So, you wanted to have a PROHIBITION on gambling.

I think society would be better off that way, yes. It doesn't affect
me on way or another, except that the gamblers contribute government
revenue that I don't have to.

You wanted to control what a person does with their money, as if you
knew better.

No, I want to outlaw professional gambling establishments and state
lotteries. That's quite different.

John