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drsoran (drsoran@ni.cba.csuohio.edu) wrote:

: 	I'm just curious.. with the recent downturn in the quality of 
: discussion in this group (read: the rise of lame spam ads) I was 
: wondering what you guys thought of this whole issue of bringing Casino 
: gaming to Ohio.

Refresh my memory please ... are these to be privately-owned casinos 
where the "public benefit" comes from taxes on the business?  Or 
publicly-owned, so that da gubmint can garner more revenue?
  
: 	I think the promises of the contributions a Casino could make to 
: Cleveland have been greatly exagerrated... there's nothing quite like 
: going into a "real" casino and watching people drop their life savings 
: into a slot machine...

Yes.

: What the hell has this world become when we call 
: this entertainment!?

Perhaps it's not entertainment so much as desperation?

Here's another take on it for you.  I submit that humans are still 
primates not only in biology, but in instincts.  The drive for territory 
is still there, but these days the territory is more abstract.  Money and 
power are the territory people clamor after even when the very pursuit 
makes them miserable.  Take a look at Cleveland's richest, who have more 
money than they know what to do with ... what motivates such greed?  An 
apelike instinct.  Perhaps the mania at casinos is just another face of 
the same craving for territory.

: 	I'd like to know what you guys think a casino would do to 
: Cleveland.. would it hurt or help our economy?  IMHO you'd be better off 
: becoming an alcoholic rather than get addicted to gambling.. it's just 
: not worth it.  

Funny how Cleveland will fund any goofy-assed project that involves large 
buildings, but money is always too tight for anything that will be of 
long-term benefit to the community ...