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In article <50pp0l$3qj@csu-b.csuohio.edu>,
drsoran@ni.cba.csuohio.edu (drsoran) wrote:

> 	Just think, if legalized gambling comes here, what's next?  
> Legalized prostitution?

And this would be bad because ... ?

> Legalized marijuana??

And this would be bad because ... ?

> Where will it stop!?  

Just imagine, we'd have a society where people can legally purchase
goods and services they desire.

Actually, I *don't* see any logical connection between gambling and
prostitution or marijuana, except that tight-lipped Puritanical
types oppose them all.

Casino gambling?  I guess I'd permit it, if the casinos were strictly
private operations and NOT state-sponsored.  I find them fairly
reprehensible myself, but I don't think my personal code of conduct
should impact anyone else's.  Which gets us to ...

Legalized prostitution.  What would that hurt exactly?  Hell, I submit
that our society would be SANER if it didn't talk both sides of the
sex issue.

And marijuana?  It's non-addictive, it's easy to grow, and it doesn't
impact coordination anywhere near as much as alcohol does.  I daresay
our roads would be a lot SAFER if impatient assholes had to smoke a
joint before getting in their cars.

> (okay okay, you guys are probably salivating.. calm down).  

You bet!  I just had a burger with Winking Lizard barbecue sauce ...
and if tight-lipped Puritanical types were to realize how damn GOOD
the stuff is, they'd try to ban IT as well.  What *is* it about these
folks who oppose the pursuit of pleasures?  They get so damn vindictive
if you try to have a good time and they don't ... well it seems to
me the problem's at THEIR end.

> 	If you want to gamble, go to Vegas or Atlantic City.. I'd rather 
> Cleveland be known for the Rock Hall rather than the largest Caesar's Palace 
> Casino east of the Mississippi! :)

I'd rather the Rock Hall would be gutted and turned into a co-op
food market.  Local government and business spend way too much time in
bed together; needs of the community at large are not served at all.


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