THE LAST DITCH
Link: Study shows 250,000 problem gamblers in UK | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited.
Perhaps so, but these are the two worst. At least the other 249,998 do it with their own money.
Good Point, and it is quite easy to get addicted to it, I understand
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Nice- you deserve your Douglas Adams tag!
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Can it really be called gambling?
I see gambling as you have a chance, albeit a small one of winning. These guys never get anything right. It’s almost as if they sit down with card sharks, get ripped off time after time, yet still think they know what they are doing and go back for more.
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Gambling is a distraction… To make meaningful what is not meaningful… by simply placing a bet on it… the most demoralised lives seek distraction. Smoke anyone? Bet on snail race anyone?
‘The weak will inherit the earth…’ In China there are many born every minute. One Dictator or Two Shaolin Monk?
http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/casinos.html
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They don’t, though, Tom. As the daughter of a compulsive gambler [who was also a wonderful man] I can tell you that a lot of gamblers play with borrowed money – just like politicians, really!
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Good news, Welshcakes! They have only borrowed the money from the taxpayers? Excellent. I look forward to them paying it back when they get an honest job.
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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.
Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.
He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that
“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”
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Remove the exception is my preference. Prove that it is only consumed by those following the relevant faith is unwieldy.…
I’m generally against more laws but would make an exception for this. Goose, Gander, etc. We should be using their…
I like it and agree. I’m not sure how many others would! 😎
That’s a modern “more law” approach — and certainly consistent with our Establishment’s current aggressive approach. However I don’t want…
Maybe they should be legally required to only provide halal to muslims or those that request it. If you are…
The Last Ditch by Tom Paine 
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