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Re: Casino gambling in Ohio?

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From: drsoran
Date: Sun, 08 Sep 1996 00:00
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LJ Cox (laremo@postoffice.worldnet.att.net) wrote:
: If they can make a go of it and the community get some cash out of the 
: deal, why not!  However, it's always struck me as a bit odd that gambling 
: is somehow less immoral if you're on a boat or an indian reservation.
	
	Ever watch "Back to the Future II?"  THAT is why we don't want 
casinos!  Evil men like Biff will take power over the police and begin to 
control the city!  No sir, gambling must be tightly controlled and 
snuffed out... so should tobacco and alcohol.. the other two worst habits 
of human society.  I also think Microsoft should be destroyed for even 
suggesting that Win95 is an "operating system".  This type of false 
advertising brings shame upon the non-casino commercial industries of the 
world!  :)
	Anyway.. 

: >Legalized prostitution? 
: sure, clean it up a bit and keep the minors out.
	Okay.. You have a point.  I think this is much more 
important than getting gambling legalized in Ohio.. 

: Legalized marijuana?? ]

: Again, why not? take funds from the drug cartels, it's the only way to 
: break them.
	<shrug>  So the drug cartels will have to diversify into 
something else... probably tobacco.. kids love smoking.  I always feel a 
sense of pride for our tobacco industry when I see a 14 year old 
strolling down the sidewalk with a cigarette (yea, I can't spell it) 
hanging out of his mouth... THAT is successful advertising.  

: personally i find gambling boring and I generally lose money, but if i 
: (or my community) can benefit, bring 'em on!!

	I find gambling boring as well.. after the first $20 pops into 
the machine I begin to sweat heavily... gambling addiction is a disease 
much like alcoholism.. we certainly don't need more addictive activities 
coming into Cleveland.. If you really want to throw a hundred bucks at a 
time away at something, send it to a school or a charity or something... 
it'll go to a lot more use there than in the hands of rich greedy old 
fat-cats.

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From: drsoran@ni.cba.csuohio.edu (drsoran)
Subject: Re: Casino gambling in Ohio?
Date: 1996/09/08
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