To: Stone Mountain
Whether or not you agree that the vices are morally equivalent is irrelevent to that point. Wrong premise. You begin by calling it a vice. I disagree.
Is vacationing a vice? Is going to the movies a vice? Is buying a newer and better vehicle before necessary a vice?
You know the answer is "no". All of the above are choices people make for pleasure and it takes money.
Unless a person is depriving his/her family or neglecting responsibilities, gambling is no different than any other form of entertainment.
316 posted on
05/02/2003 4:32:09 PM PDT by
Southflanknorthpawsis
(Trying hard to make it to the top spot on Tagbad Todd's "Top Ten List" -Taggie's a liar)
To: Southflanknorthpawsis
Unless a person is depriving his/her family or neglecting responsibilities, gambling is no different than any other form of entertainment.
This is the point. One can also say that "Unless a person is depriving his/her family or neglecting responsibilities, smoking marijuana is no different than any other form of entertainment." It is the same argument. If you have a distinction that shows smoking marijuana is ALWAYS a vice but that gambling is only SOMETIMES a vice, then you should make that argument. Right now, your argument, when applied to marijuana, implies that smoking weed is only a vice when depriving his/her family or neglecting responsibility.
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