Lets All Play "Simon Says".....
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Ok, so having a Casino in Singapore can be good in terms of Tourism Dollars.
But what about the man who murdered his entire family, and jumped to his death because of gambling???
I guess, the Tourism Dollars, over-rules this fact.
Lets all go back to the past then. The government shouldn't ask us for our opinions if they're not listening to us. Just implement, don't ask. And watch us "go away". -
Then me +1 here.
Casino will be bad for us. The social problems we get out of it will outweigh the economic gains. -
Sigh... Such a state the world has become... We're all better off dead.
Almost everything's about money money money. -
Keane: "Somewhere Only We Know"
Check out the above song - I think it says a lot about our world, our life. -
This only proves that, even with no casino, people will still kill themselves from their debts overseas.Originally posted by ShutterBug:Ok, so having a Casino in Singapore can be good in terms of Tourism Dollars.
But what about the man who murdered his entire family, and jumped to his death because of gambling???
I guess, the Tourism Dollars, over-rules this fact.
Lets all go back to the past then. The government shouldn't ask us for our opinions if they're not listening to us. Just implement, don't ask. And watch us "go away".
Honestly, if you don't want to gamble, you won't. It is only those compulsive gamblers who do. Studied in Australia with the Casino at the doorstep. For my friends who don't gamble, we only stepped in to look without even playing any games for the time we were there. For those we knew who always gambled in Singapore. They gambled their allowances away.
Anyway as said, there are already casinos in the cruise ships and the hard core gamblers don't even need to pay to get on the ships.
Ultimately it is a person's own choice and their own responsibilty with their own money and life. If they want to gamble their lives away, it is their own choice. We cannot expect the government to be the guardian all the time because some people have no self-control. -
He went to genting casino. Are we going to ban Singaporeans from going overseas ?Originally posted by ShutterBug:Ok, so having a Casino in Singapore can be good in terms of Tourism Dollars.
But what about the man who murdered his entire family, and jumped to his death because of gambling???
I guess, the Tourism Dollars, over-rules this fact.
Lets all go back to the past then. The government shouldn't ask us for our opinions if they're not listening to us. Just implement, don't ask. And watch us "go away".
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OK. Then don't control drugs in Singapore then. People should know what's good for them, and what's bad for them. So no need to control drugs.
We should not lean on our governement, so we all shold know better than to take drugs right?
Question: is gambling a vice, or not a vice? Is there such a thing as Legal Vice?
I know gambling itself isn't dangerous, but is dangerous to those who knows no limit. But why put temptation at their fingertips?
Likewise for cigarettes; I'm a smoker myself, and I'm all for the move to ban smoking in public places. In fact, instead of increasing cigarette prices like crazy, and making exorbitant revenues, why don't just ban it in one fell swoop? I will welcome it, because I know that's the only way I can quit, and live a little longer in this sorry world. -
x2Originally posted by elindra:This only proves that, even with no casino, people will still kill themselves from their debts overseas.
Honestly, if you don't want to gamble, you won't. It is only those compulsive gamblers who do. Studied in Australia with the Casino at the doorstep. For my friends who don't gamble, we only stepped in to look without even playing any games for the time we were there. For those we knew who always gambled in Singapore. They gambled their allowances away.
Anyway as said, there are already casinos in the cruise ships and the hard core gamblers don't even need to pay to get on the ships.
Ultimately it is a person's own choice and their own responsibilty with their own money and life. If they want to gamble their lives away, it is their own choice. We cannot expect the government to be the guardian all the time because some people have no self-control.
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im sure u know when govt raise the price for anything, they hardly have our welfare in mind. more like their own Asses (and salary) in mind.Originally posted by ShutterBug:OK. Then don't control drugs in Singapore then. People should know what's good for them, and what's bad for them. So no need to control drugs.
We should not lean on our governement, so we all shold know better than to take drugs right?
Question: is gambling a vice, or not a vice? Is there such a thing as Legal Vice?
I know gambling itself isn't dangerous, but is dangerous to those who knows no limit. But why put temptation at their fingertips?
Likewise for cigarettes; I'm a smoker myself, and I'm all for the move to ban smoking in public places. In fact, instead of increasing cigarette prices like crazy, and making exorbitant revenues, why don't just ban it in one fell swoop? I will welcome it, because I know that's the only way I can quit, and live a little longer in this sorry world.
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If a casino is built in Singapore, gambling will be made even more accessible to Singaporeans than when having the existing gambling ships and neighboring countries.Originally posted by elindra:This only proves that, even with no casino, people will still kill themselves from their debts overseas.
Honestly, if you don't want to gamble, you won't. It is only those compulsive gamblers who do. Studied in Australia with the Casino at the doorstep. For my friends who don't gamble, we only stepped in to look without even playing any games for the time we were there. For those we knew who always gambled in Singapore. They gambled their allowances away.
Anyway as said, there are already casinos in the cruise ships and the hard core gamblers don't even need to pay to get on the ships.
Ultimately it is a person's own choice and their own responsibilty with their own money and life. If they want to gamble their lives away, it is their own choice. We cannot expect the government to be the guardian all the time because some people have no self-control.
Maybe we can look at it like this... There's a small town called Beezeebee, and all it has are small eateries offering meals at economical prices. In the neighboring city Neighhhh, there are all sorts of posh restaurants which a minority of the people of Beezeebee visit occasionally. But because it's located away from the town the people of Beezeebee call home and takes a bit more travelling to than usual, it has never been the general culture of the Beezeebees to splurge on their meals.
One day, a wealthy man decides to open one posh restaurant in the town of Beezeebee. Those who were once lazy to travel to the city Neighhhh grew curious about the posh restaurant and decided to patronize it since it was just at home anyway. And soon more and more people start to want to visit expensive restaurants.
What I'm trying to say is, building a casino here will mean introducing gambling to more Singaporeans albeit the strict regulations that may be imposed.
We cannot prevent the problem of having compulsive gamblers, but we should do what we can to minimize it.
Am I making sense?
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Shutterbug, please keep all casino topics here. I believe greengoblin has already posted a sticky on this and have told you in your previous thread to do so. Please cooperate.