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What's your definition of consenting adult? A person with a gambling problem is about as able to give informed consent as a mentally retarded person.
by ggg9990 9y ago
What's your definition of consenting adult? A person with a gambling problem is about as able to give informed consent as a mentally retarded person.
- CamperBob2 9y agoThat's a bit patronizing, don't you think? Have you thought about all of the other freedoms you could restrict based on identical reasoning? It's a very long list.
- mrguyorama 9y agoWhat do you consider addiction to be then? How rationally impaired do you have to be before society throws up their hands and stops you from being taken advantage of?
- CamperBob2 9y agoHow rationally impaired do you have to be before society throws up their hands and stops you from being taken advantage of? OK, you've convinced me. When do we make our move on the gambling halls? Before we shutter the taverns and the churches, or afterward?