tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23332229.post4015919599718634581..comments2023-10-08T17:20:25.620+08:00Comments on missingpoints: Smoking while prayingmissingpointshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12475196446545540900noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23332229.post-26543577910268308042008-04-06T17:56:00.000+08:002008-04-06T17:56:00.000+08:00Well card counting doesn't really count as gamblin...Well card counting doesn't really count as gambling addiction; it's just plain cheating. :)missingpointshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12475196446545540900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23332229.post-86415542708699721732008-04-06T10:52:00.000+08:002008-04-06T10:52:00.000+08:00Great post, Sir! By the way, it's not even a sin t...Great post, Sir! By the way, it's not even a sin to "smoke while praying"; the priest in the story was in fact dangerously close to heresy in implying that maintaining physical health is a form of spirituality!<BR/><BR/>I know people who are dangerously addicted to gambling (skipping lunch to "save" money, borrowing money due to "necessity", not paying debt, etc.), but given the mathematical improbability of safely sustaining a gambling addiction (barring a successful blackjack card-counting strategy, or "useful friends", hehe), the dangers of excessive gambling is almost always the fault of the gambler for being stupid-greedy, not of the casinos or PAGCOR. In a sense, casinos *punish* the greedy. For the normal person seeking moderate "amusement and gaming", legal gambling is no more evil than eating at an expensive restaurant from time to time...and you get to donate to charities, to boot.Francis Ocomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10771369578768247064noreply@blogger.com