Do you feel lucky? Do you? Almost everyone’s gambled at some point in his life, laying down money on everything from lottery tickets to Vegas poker tables. The thrill of chasing that elusive jackpot has turned gambling into a multi-billion-dollar industry, but there’s a personal risk that comes with every wager. With nearly 500 casinos currently open for business in the U.S. has legalized gambling gone too far?
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Justification
What's the communist rationale behind banning gambling? If two parties agree to something, what's the big deal?
- F2XL
December 19, 2008 9:43PM
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Don't ban casinos
There isn't one, because I'm not in favor of banning casinos.
In fact, I'm not in favor of banning anything. What I am in favor of is a popular movement to simply reject currency and an economy based on gambling through stocks and 'risk'. I find there's no reason for one person to have a longer lifespan because they got lucky in a stocks gamble, while another has a shorter lifespan due to less healthcare and a lower standard of living simply because they either didn't succeed at the gamble or weren't stupid/greedy/rich enough to make the gamble in the first place.
- Blue Linchpin
December 20, 2008 9:17PM
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I guess I agree with you on gambling
If you're in favor of something other than banning any casinos then I guess we have no disagreement here.
- F2XL
December 20, 2008 11:26PM
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