Quote from: Nellayar on July 11, 2019, 10:44:16 PM

Quote from: nl247 on September 14, 2018, 02:50:13 PM

I recently participated in a debate on debatepedia and this particular one brought about a huge argument and I was wondering how that argument will play out here and hoping to view your thoughts on this.

Actually, the bone of content here is that does gambling cause an increase in various kinds of related criminal activities? Few examples of the major points raised were;

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Casinos are often associated with criminal activity. Drug dealers and prostitutes operate near casinos they know that there are a large number of potential clients in the area. Casinos can therefore be devastating to neighborhoods.

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The existence of criminals does not make nearby businesses (including casinos) immoral. It is perverse to punish people who just want to gamble (and not take drugs or use prostitutes) by taking away their chance to do so.

For me personally, I believe immoral activities are certainly based on each individual and it does not have anything to do with gambling. Nevertheless, from some of the further research that I made, I got to understand that, these things mentioned are very much applicable in most casinos; drug dealings, prostitution and even some casinos where the owners are into some shady stuffs. Well, just want to get to know what you guys think about this. Do you think Casino is like a hiding place for perpetrators of crime or casino on its own, ushers in a huge level of immoral activities by default?

We have the same point of view. A certain thing will become immoral once you associate it as an immoral. Just like drinking of alcohol, they say that drinking alcohol is bad and immoral but why do priest drink alcohol during their mass? I don't condemn the church. I just want to point out that everything that is too much is bane. Drink moderately as well as gamble moderately.

Just because priest use wine during the mass it doesn't mean it is immoral. First of all know the difference between a drug and wine. The wine that's been used in churches were alcohol free, you need to be clear in ancient times wine was being used with their food. The same is being portrayed, just because Bible saying about wine or prostitution doesn't mean it encourages such stuffs. Don't mix religion with some activities and state it is immoral.