And what caused the mental anguish and pain that had him shouting in his sleep?
Just look at his face and how it changed over a rather short time from a sort of average guy to a saggy baggy bleary-eyed grey-faced basket case. I’m betting drugs (legal and/or illegal) and far too much alcohol. Addiction is a very harsh mistress. It affects your mind, your health, your body and mood. And ends up making. you crazy.
But why this particular kind of mass-murderer crazy? Did he have some handler pushing relentlessly? How exactly does ISIS get someone like this turned around?
A thread yesterday quoted the Daily Mail story about giving tranquilizers to suicide bombers.
I think this scenario is on the table, but not provable at this point.
You hit on a good point. Addiction, even gambling addition is harmful.
Gambling, like legal prostitution, or marijuana, or even unrestricted alcohol sales has detrimental side effects to a healthy society.
And those who prey upon the weak and feeble minded by adding to and encouraging these addictive habits should take a long hard look at themselves and see how they too share in the blame.
No, I’m not calling for a ban on gambling. Or a return to Prohibition. We could no more do that than we could ban cars which kill tens of thousands of Americans annually. But gambling is not the fun innocent exercise so many think it is.