Does legalized gambling drive people insane?

[renard_ruse]

While there are the usual calls from Democrat politicians to ban guns even before the bodies are cold, and calls for hotels to search their guests luggage, even bizarre calls for more limits on prescription medication, before we know any real facts about the Las Vegas attack, nobody is mentioning the obvious. We do know the attacker was a compulsive high stakes gambler.

There is a reason our ancestors, and most of the traditional religions, looked at gambling as a sin. It brings out all manner of depraved traits in its addicts and turns decent people into reprobates. It wasn't just historically denounced and even banned to take grandma's fun at the slot machine or bingo night away. Its a substantive moral evil.

Perhaps we should rethink the proliferation of this behavior in modern society?

 

[irksomesauce]

How in the world can it possibly matter in regards to sinful man if gambling is legal or not? It's like you're fantasizing if it was illegal, sinful man wouldn't do it so much - yet, that's simply not human history's clear record.

Listen up, ruse: if sinful man refuses to repent so he can then walk cleanly with God, or doesn't even believe in any god(s), then Darwinism is always around to clean-up the leftovers.

Let 'em roll, renard!

 

[DMBFFF]

While there are...,

...

Perhaps we should rethink the proliferation of this behavior in modern society?

Gambling is a form of risk-taking. How much do you want to ban risk-taking?

Listen up, ruse: if sinful man refuses to repent so he can then walk cleanly with God, or doesn't even believe in any god(s), then Darwinism is always around to clean-up the leftovers.

Chapter 5

38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.


https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#Chapter_5

 

[OldJourno]

I will guarantee the last thing Nevada wants is a finding that the gunman acted because of issues related to compulsive gambling.
My son works at a Vegas casino and said they were slammed this morning by people ending their stays days shorter than planned. The tourists, many of them anyway, are fleeing.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Interesting question.



I would think that the gambling, in and of itself, is not the course of any real insanity, but eventually for a gambling addict, the reality of the odds have to smack them between the eyes like a 2X4...



That might make them a little desponded and irrational.

 

[EternalFantasies]

How in the world can it possibly matter in regards to sinful man if gambling is legal or not? It's like you're fantasizing if it was illegal, sinful man wouldn't do it so much - yet, that's simply not human history's clear record.

Listen up, ruse: if sinful man refuses to repent so he can then walk cleanly with God, or doesn't even believe in any god(s), then Darwinism is always around to clean-up the leftovers.

Let 'em roll, renard!

Amen. All of it.

Gambling is a form of risk-taking. How much do you want to ban risk-taking?




Chapter 5

38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.


https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#Chapter_5

IBID.

 

[Hypoxia]

People are crazy anyway. People gonna gamble. 'Legalizing' wagers means the state takes a cut and has less motive to keep residents from blowing their wads. Why gamble in legal casinos? It's entertainment, albeit rather more costly than renting pr0n.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

https://www.ymusicvideos.com/people-are-crazy-billy-currington/

 

[EternalFantasies]

https://www.ymusicvideos.com/people-are-crazy-billy-currington/

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Billy looks a little crazy to me...



His eyes would have gotten him shot first by Josie Wales.

 

[DMBFFF]

https://www.ymusicvideos.com/people-are-crazy-billy-currington/

I'm not so much into country music and I never heard of this song, but I like it.

Thanks.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Love when the RWCJ wants an intrusive big government solution, especially one base on the spirit in the sky, and they can't see the hypocrisy.

 

[Rightguide]

https://www.ymusicvideos.com/people-are-crazy-billy-currington/

God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy. So true.

 

[Rightguide]

Love when the RWCJ wants an intrusive big government solution, especially one base on the spirit in the sky, and they can't see the hypocrisy.

Spare us your bullshit.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I'm not so much into country music and I never heard of this song, but I like it.

Thanks.

You are welcome.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Love when the RWCJ wants an intrusive big government solution, especially one base on the spirit in the sky, and they can't see the hypocrisy.

And yet no one has advocated any big government solution.

You just seem to have a rolodex of serious charges that you like to hurl out at random...

 

[Ghostee]

How in the world can it possibly matter in regards to sinful man if gambling is legal or not? It's like you're fantasizing if it was illegal, sinful man wouldn't do it so much - yet, that's simply not human history's clear record.

Listen up, ruse: if sinful man refuses to repent so he can then walk cleanly with God, or doesn't even believe in any god(s), then Darwinism is always around to clean-up the leftovers.

Let 'em roll, renard!

The same way a killer kills no matter what the law says.....more laws or bans are the left's empty fix to all our problems.

 

[MGurkus]

It was God's will that those people be slaughtered like sheep. God works In mysterious ways.

 

[Rightguide]

And yet no one has advocated any big government solution.

You just seem to have a rolodex of serious charges that you like to hurl out at random...

...with no supporting evidence.

 

[oggbashan]

Does anyone have any idea of the shooter's motivation?

I've seen nothing but speculation with no evidence.

We may never know, unlike some other mass shooting events when the motive, unlikely as it might seem to others, has been identified.

 

[ryan8558]

Does anyone have any idea of the shooter's motivation?

I've seen nothing but speculation with no evidence.

We may never know, unlike some other mass shooting events when the motive, unlikely as it might seem to others, has been identified.

None so far.

 

[ifrtbttrflys]

The base, natural character-corroding damage about gambling is it's evil, fallacious lure:

You can win more than you gamble.

Once that hook is securely set, fry time begins.

 

[Hypoxia]

There is a reason our ancestors, and most of the traditional religions, looked at gambling as a sin. It brings out all manner of depraved traits in its addicts and turns decent people into reprobates. It wasn't just historically denounced and even banned to take grandma's fun at the slot machine or bingo night away. Its a substantive moral evil.

Yet the disciples diced (threw lots) for their lord's robe. But I digress.

I almost agree with you, amazingly. Gambling and incest and murder are attractive sins and thus taboo. Yet we all take risks; we all play games; many find it all too easy to risk reward and punishment in their games.

Gambling addictions are indeed ruinous. Yet states find legalized corporate gambling an easier cash cow er I mean revenue source than raising taxes... on those who can afford taxes. State lotteries tax the poor. Private casinos tax the fools. I can't really complain about the latter. Our local family-run Indian casino soaks er I mean entertains out-of-town fools, and plows much of their proceeds right into our community. Really.

Anyway, organized gambling isn't about to go away. The dilemma presents options:

1) Keep it illegal. Mafiyas will control the business and will buy cops, judges, and politicians. Otherwise, the state won't get a cut.
OR
2) Legalize state-run lotteries and state-skimmed casinos. Now it's in the state's interest to encourage immoral, destructive behavior.

That's large-scale. Down on the ground, people gonna play cards, roll dice, run office pools, throw darts, race horses and tractors and dogs and jumping frogs. (We're next to Calaveras County.) Gov't and church haven't been real successful at suppressing such. Maybe when the mind-control chips are implanted...

 

[magicalmoments]

While there are the usual calls from Democrat politicians to ban guns even before the bodies are cold, and calls for hotels to search their guests luggage, even bizarre calls for more limits on prescription medication, before we know any real facts about the Las Vegas attack, nobody is mentioning the obvious. We do know the attacker was a compulsive high stakes gambler.

There is a reason our ancestors, and most of the traditional religions, looked at gambling as a sin. It brings out all manner of depraved traits in its addicts and turns decent people into reprobates. It wasn't just historically denounced and even banned to take grandma's fun at the slot machine or bingo night away. Its a substantive moral evil.

Perhaps we should rethink the proliferation of this behavior in modern society?

Prohibiting gambling would be every bit as successful as prohibiting booze.

 

[Que]

Gambling is insanity defined. Those huge Vegas hotels were not built with money generously left by winners in tip jars. They are built on the offerings of the losers. Laying money down when you know, or should know, that the odds of winning are mathematically against you is insane.