Prudence and Madness

Really, I’m getting tired of people telling me how much it is of a sin gambling is.  If rumors are true, churches do receive donations from the richest gambling lords.  So there goes hypocrisy…

I think, first of all, it’s a matter of personal choice.  If I have money, it’s my right to choose where I’d decide to spend it on.  I could invest it in business, buy a luxury item, or buy myself a ticket to watch an opera show.  It’s mine to give.  I don’t like people telling me that I should just be giving it to others for more “charitable” purposes.  I don’t have to feel obliged.  If ever I do have to give to charity, it had to be voluntary, not some idiots forcing it down my throat, trying to appeal to my emotions.  And so I hate it when people say that gamblers ought to just donate their extra money, which they use to gamble, to those who’re needy.  Yes, it’s good to be helping out somebody.  But don’t oblige other people to give their money to something or to someone because, in the first place, it’s not theirs to give.

The fun stops, however, if the persons involved in gambling find it difficult to perform their normal social and personal functions because of their addiction to casinos and such.  Or if they start resorting to criminal acts just to support their addiction and other people, especially their family members, already gets affected by it, financially, physically, and emotionally.

So, for those who’re into the “no to gambling houses” and shit, live your own lives the way you want it but let gamblers gamble if they want to!  If they go bankrupt, it’ll be their own undoing anyway.  THEIR OWN LIVES will be affected anyway, and not yours.