To ignore its problems is folly.
What other people choose to do with their own money is absolutely no concern to me.
Yup. That's what a lot of people are saying about the stock market these days.....
A significant number of people also feel that tobacco, SUV's, guns, and now, high fat and high carbohydrate foods are evils that we need to control, if not extinguish through class action lawsuits and government intervention. I assume that you and Dobson are in favor of crippling, if not killing these industries also.
It's also a choice...I somehow suspect that if these over-the-cliff gamblers didn't have that, they'd be addicted to some other way to lose their money...the stock market or something else.
And, what about the state lotteries? They advertise as being good for education, or the environment, or the arts...whatever gets their money. And they're ubiquitous. You can't go into a convenience store without encountering an appealing scratch ticket display.
I don't gamble. The few times I went to a casino, and spent $20 of quarters. It had a nice environment, I was there for a concert (very well managed); the food and parking were much better than at a normal concert venue. The surroundings were gorgeous. They seemed to be very accomodating to disabled people.
No, I don't like gambling. But everyone is out to get your buck. It's not my concern how other people waste theirs.