[bobhoskins]

Exactly. Government profiting off of human stupidity and misery. And actively encouraging destructive behaviour. I find that immoral. And as you said, it mixes the feelings of perverse amusement and disgust.

Ah, but anything is okay as long as the government pulls in their cut, right?

[Alexander Rubin]

Did I say that?

I am personally socially conservative, as I said before, with strong Judeo-Christian values. In fact, we mgiht have fairly similiar positions on many issues, I would guess (anything from gun control to abortion to taxes to foreign policy to states rights etc.). I just don't want to thrust that my personal values on to anyone else, because if I do that, then someone else could do that to me. And I love my freedoms and rights too much to let anyone do that to me, so if I can avert it by not enforcing my morality, I personally try. I think the government should privatize more, do less and worry about bigger picture issues more. That's just me.