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On one hand, I can see this. Having worked in a casino, my gut reaction is, "If you are that dumb then you deserve to lose everything." But on the other hand, t

On one hand, I can see this. Having worked in a casino, my gut reaction is, "If you are that dumb then you deserve to lose everything." But on the other hand, there is the societal good of not having people throw away their money and spend it on things like paying their rent/mortgage and healthcare and education and not be a burden to society.

dominotw 9y ago
I would say there is more social good in banning junk food. Imagine the healthcare cost savings. Gambling would be pretty low on social good list.
- mmirate 9y ago
  > I would say there is more social good in banning junk food. Imagine the healthcare cost savings. The same cost savings could be realized by simply not providing healthcare for the complications of chronic overeating. (The only downside of such a plan is that the complications of chronic overeating can sometimes fail to onset until after the patient has reproduced.)
junkscience2017 9y ago
Alcohol is factually poisonous to humans. Every day people die, become sick, lose jobs, destroy families, etc etc all due to this poison. The facts regarding alcohol are beyond question. Will you destroy all of your personal stock of this poison for the benefit of society and forsake it forevermore? If not, why not?
- mmirate 9y ago
  Oh, it's no doubt a mind-destroyer; that alone makes it quite scary to me, no need to contemplate its other effects. And I'll gladly forsake it quietly, and let those with excess affinity for it, use it to destroy themselves if they so desire. We didn't need such weak people anyway.
  - cm2012 9y ago
    Society doesn't need such callous people as you.
    - mmirate 9y ago
      Oh? And how else would society figure out that providing things to every warm body that claims to need them, is wasteful? (Oh, wait, we're still socialistic in exactly that manner. So I'd say we need many more people like me. But that will have to wait 'till genetic engineering exits the drawing board...)
mmirate 9y ago
> "If you are that dumb then you deserve to lose everything." Exactly. Full stop. > burden to society They are only burdens because our society takes people upon itself as burdens. This socialism ought be solved directly rather than worked-around by things like gambling bans and other such legislative nannying.

dominotw 9y ago

I would say there is more social good in banning junk food. Imagine the healthcare cost savings. Gambling would be pretty low on social good list.

mmirate 9y ago
> I would say there is more social good in banning junk food. Imagine the healthcare cost savings. The same cost savings could be realized by simply not providing healthcare for the complications of chronic overeating. (The only downside of such a plan is that the complications of chronic overeating can sometimes fail to onset until after the patient has reproduced.)

junkscience2017 9y ago

Alcohol is factually poisonous to humans. Every day people die, become sick, lose jobs, destroy families, etc etc all due to this poison. The facts regarding alcohol are beyond question. Will you destroy all of your personal stock of this poison for the benefit of society and forsake it forevermore? If not, why not?

mmirate 9y ago
Oh, it's no doubt a mind-destroyer; that alone makes it quite scary to me, no need to contemplate its other effects. And I'll gladly forsake it quietly, and let those with excess affinity for it, use it to destroy themselves if they so desire. We didn't need such weak people anyway.
- cm2012 9y ago
  Society doesn't need such callous people as you.
  - mmirate 9y ago
    Oh? And how else would society figure out that providing things to every warm body that claims to need them, is wasteful? (Oh, wait, we're still socialistic in exactly that manner. So I'd say we need many more people like me. But that will have to wait 'till genetic engineering exits the drawing board...)

mmirate 9y ago

> "If you are that dumb then you deserve to lose everything." Exactly. Full stop. > burden to society They are only burdens because our society takes people upon itself as burdens. This socialism ought be solved directly rather than worked-around by things like gambling bans and other such legislative nannying.