> Well, Wesley, I'm not too concerned with what the chuch and the Bible say about that. Gambling is wrong because it tempts people to throw away money that might have been needed to care for their family. It becomes an obsession and they can't stop. The same could be said of other bad habits.
>

Well, all of this really depends on the situation. If some guy with very little money goes into a casino and spends eight thousand dollars, it's a bad thing. However, if a group of guys get together on wednesday nights and play poker for dimes, it's a whole new story. It also seems that people tend to base things off of small percentages of the population. Just because .5% of the people in the country can't control themselves when gambling, it doesn't seem right to say that gambling is bad because it can be addictive. I bet there are very few things that there aren't at least few people obsessed with. Like RinkWorks, for example. But anyways, back to the point. I don't think just that because some people can't control their urges, gambling as a whole should be labeled bad.

> Another such bad habit that makes no sense to me is smoking. Do the math.
> ppdXcppX365=
> ppd is packs per day
> cpp is cost per pack
> 365 is days in a year
> You might be better off gambling. It's less likely to kill you. I'm 67, and because I don't smoke or gamble, I'm still breathing and I'm not on welfare.
> Howard

I completely agree with you when it comes to the smoking thing though. If someone wants to pay thousands of dollars to kill themselves slowely, they can call me and I'd be happy to help, without all the nasty side effects of smoking.

Wes - "Just one more hour in chat, just one more. This one's gonna be interesting, I know it. Just one more. I can stop any time. I just don't want to."