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No offense, but you maniacs need to COOL OUT. I'm becoming a Born-Again Liberal just listening to this shrieking-harpy nonsense.
The minute you Holy Rollers start ordering ME about is the minute I start voting against you.
You can order your wives and kids around all you like. Leave me the hell OUT OF IT.

Ah, I think you misunderstand, Warhead. You're the first person in my life to call me a Holy Roller. That's pretty funny.

I'm no holy roller. Quite the opposite. The point is that Bennett is a moralist. I'm not talking about what's LEGAL. Bennett's life is dedicated to advancing HIS vision of morality. And evidently it includes blowing 7 figures in casinos. That's pretty funny stuff, especially when the 'moral' Bennett defenders turn into instant libertarians, arguing about Bennett's right to do what he wants, AS LONG AS HE'S NOT HARMING ANYONE. Well, every moralists definition of 'harm' is indeed a wide one, EXCEPT when it comes to addictive gambling. That's all.

Do you contend that it's wrong to urge morality?

I asked earlier (but no one responded):

Are you against lying and dishonesty? Do you "preach" honesty, in the sense that you urge your fellow men to be honest?

Do you judge people for being dishonest?

I'm assuming the answers are "yes."

So-- are you yourself perfectly honest? Not "quite honest," etc. Perfectly honest.

Do you ever lie, deceive, or mislead?

If the answer is "yes," and I assume it is if you are a human being, then you, my friend, are a HYPOCRITE. You are a MORALIST who does not actually live up to his self-declared moral code.

Being a hypocrite is not the worse thing in the world. ANYONE who champions moral behavior is a hypocrite, because even those who champion moral behavior engage in immoral acts, EVERY DAY.

The only way to avoid being a hypocrite is to declare that there is no code of behavior worth aspirit to at all; to become a self-declared reprobate; to endorse a Satanic/Croley sort of "Do What Thou Wilst" moral nihilism.

IF you do that, then congratulations, you will avoid being a hypocrite.

"But," as Captain Kirk might say, "At... what... PRICE?"

Congratulations, you're no longer a hypocrite. On the other hand, you have now embraced the moral code of an intestinal parasite.