Quote from: tusandii on Today at 05:21:29 PM

Quote from: Josefjix on Today at 03:51:54 PM

Quote from: macson on April 27, 2023, 02:01:15 PM

A Shanghai man was sentenced to prison for kidnapping his own granddaughter so he could maintain his gambling addiction with the ransom money...........................

Such stories still exists in our present day? Gambling has broken families and pushed addicts to take numerous risky measures all in the name of being capable of wager. What would his child think if he saw a mature man take his granddaughter for ransom, not to settle bills or loans, but to gamble? It's ridiculous. Gambling at that age implies that he is a full-time gambler and will face the wrath of the law in prison. I doubt he'll survive the conditions over there; he's old and may never see his granddaughter again because they'd be too frightened to get close to him.

This is an example that indeed gambling addiction can have a negative impact on committing a crime so you can get some money to continue gambling.
But this is a case that cannot be taken lightly because he kidnapped his own grandson and demanded ransom from his own son.
It is better to limit gambling immediately if we cannot control it in the future so that we do not do reckless or criminal things.

This is the kind of news which makes me wish there was more reliable and affordable mental healthcare around the world, specially in developing countries, there people can be struggling more, both mentally and physically.

Perhaps there was a time when that man realize he had a problem, but did not have money to pay for help, so he did not get help but decided to commit this crime in order to continue to pursue his gambling habits.

When people talk about health, the first thing that comes to mind is physical health, vaccination, pills, exercise, but most of us only take a look at mental health when it is already too late, so do the governments around this planet.