Legalized Gambling Debate

This debate on BusinessWeek.com about legalized gambling uses the standard two-sided format and misses the point. In the US gaming is banned for political reasons not moral ones. So why pretend that the debate is about morality? They did find an educated stooge (from Provo, Utah BTW. Whats next week, the other side of the alcohol debate from Tehran?) to represent the "moral side" of the debate.

Almost laughably his argument states, "Solid citizens with no previous criminal record commit outrageous crimes when addicted to gambling. The rate of divorce, spousal and child abuse, drug and alcohol addiction, bankruptcy, and suicide rises disproportionately high with gambling addiction."

Well...ok. Read the rest here and don't miss the comments.