* Growing up Gabriel *
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Thursday, April 20, 2006
Gambling is Ugly
If you had asked me for my opinion on the casino issue in Singapore, i would have found it difficult to articulate my thoughts and tell you exactly why i oppose it. Deep in my heart, i know it's wrong, but i'm not sure exactly why and how.
Well three cheers for James Dobson! In his online response to the Defcon Attack (see http://www.focusaction.org/Articles/A000000189.cfm), he succinctly states what i have been struggling to express for a long time:
"This issue of gambling has been on my radar screen for more than 15 years. After Sen. Trent Lott appointed me to the National Gambling Impact Study Commission in 1996,8 we intensified our efforts to expose gambling in all its ugliness. I have done everything possible to fight this industry — which is a cancer on the soul of the family. It preys on the desperation of the poor and is rife with corruption. I could tell you true accounts for the next week about those whose lives and children have been destroyed by this form of wickedness, some of it involving bankruptcy, physical abuse, marital failure and even suicide."
Now if only someone would just bring this up in the upcoming PAP election..... :-b
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If you had asked me for my opinion on the casino issue in Singapore, i would have found it difficult to articulate my thoughts and tell you exactly why i oppose it. Deep in my heart, i know it's wrong, but i'm not sure exactly why and how.
Well three cheers for James Dobson! In his online response to the Defcon Attack (see http://www.focusaction.org/Articles/A000000189.cfm), he succinctly states what i have been struggling to express for a long time:
"This issue of gambling has been on my radar screen for more than 15 years. After Sen. Trent Lott appointed me to the National Gambling Impact Study Commission in 1996,8 we intensified our efforts to expose gambling in all its ugliness. I have done everything possible to fight this industry — which is a cancer on the soul of the family. It preys on the desperation of the poor and is rife with corruption. I could tell you true accounts for the next week about those whose lives and children have been destroyed by this form of wickedness, some of it involving bankruptcy, physical abuse, marital failure and even suicide."
Now if only someone would just bring this up in the upcoming PAP election..... :-b
