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To: cake_crumb
It makes me sad when I hear of people who are addicted to gambling or other compulsive behavior. I am sorry for their families and the others they harm. But it is NONE of my business what they do (within the limits of just laws) and NONE of my problem what they do to their families. I'll take care of mine and they get to take care of theirs, or not. Their failure does not legitimize the theft of my productive efforts.
74 posted on 01/01/2003 9:11:31 AM PST by RKV
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To: RKV
"Their failure does not legitimize the theft of my productive efforts."

Absolutely. THEY are responsible for their own actions. WE are not. Encouraging the compulsive gambler to blame the government for his lack of control ( I feel sorry for obsessive compulsives too, but like you, know that I didn't make them that way ) rather than himself is, as is all lefty buck-passing blame-shifting, destructive to the affected individual, that individual's family and ultimately to society.

This article makes me think there's a McDonald's-type class action lawsuit in the works. Instead of suing the government for "forcing" them to scarf a dozen Big Macs a day, they'll sue the government for "forcing" them to spend their hard-earned Welfare checks on lottery tickets.

75 posted on 01/01/2003 9:39:56 AM PST by cake_crumb
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