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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sylvester80 who wrote (402626)	5/4/2003 9:13:54 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Elaine Cassel is obviously mad, and she has severely debased herself by reveling in the apparent downfall of a man who has done nothing against her personally. She has confused gambling, which of itself is not contrary to human identity, with the immoral factors that often accompany it. The fact is, what Bennett does in Vegas is very much like what many Americans do every business day of every business year in the markets. He buys products, looking for returns. According to the evidence, he did not incur unmanageable debt or engage in theft, prostitution or any immoral factor commonly associated with gambling activity. Indeed, we do not know if he is even addicted to gambling because his value of money may simply be a lot lower than ours. It is obviously quite a bit lower than mine because when I "gamble," I tend do it with goods and opportunities that have a much more widely recognized intrinsic value than the "Vegas Thrill." But despite my preferences, I and no one else on earth can demonstrate why gambling in itself is immoral when it is simply taking resources and wagering them on some event. Perhaps one might think his gambling in secret is the problem. Firstly, he obviously did not do even this, since people saw him gambling and would sometimes even try to talk politics as he did it. Secondly, if one gambles for relaxation, then doing it privately seems quite reasonable. Thirdly, it is clear that private gambling is the best policy because the average American is just too stupid to think multi-dimensionally on this issue. Bennett has done nothing immoral here; and logically, his authority to speak on virtue remains undiminished. Whatever the case, his criticisms of homosexuality and other moral aberrations stand in full force. What is truly immoral is Elaine Cassel's unbridled anger and evident bitterness. She literally takes joy in what she "thinks" is another's misfortune. That is, to be quite clear about it, simply pathetic.