http://elmonteblog.com/2007/09/03/internet-poker-should-we-legalize-it-in-california/ Federal, State, and Local Politics Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:11:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://elmonteblog.com/2007/09/03/internet-poker-should-we-legalize-it-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Pearl Diaz Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:26:58 +0000 http://elmonteblog.com/2007/09/03/internet-poker-should-we-legalize-it-in-california/#comment-74 I believe it doesn't seem right for them to be using their money on assumption. Also there should be a limit to how much people should spend there time on poker. That is why I believe it is good that the U.S. has to make it illegal to play poker. But then again it is sad because the U.S. has more important stuff to worry about and better places to spend the goverments money. The people that play poker all the time to try there luck is rediculace. So with that I believe poker is not a big part of our culture so I approve what the government is trying to do. I believe it doesn’t seem right for them to be using their money on assumption. Also there should be a limit to how much people should spend there time on poker. That is why I believe it is good that the U.S. has to make it illegal to play poker. But then again it is sad because the U.S. has more important stuff to worry about and better places to spend the goverments money. The people that play poker all the time to try there luck is rediculace. So with that I believe poker is not a big part of our culture so I approve what the government is trying to do.

]]> http://elmonteblog.com/2007/09/03/internet-poker-should-we-legalize-it-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Lori Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:38:36 +0000 http://elmonteblog.com/2007/09/03/internet-poker-should-we-legalize-it-in-california/#comment-38 Isn't it rather ironic that we tempt/encourage an addiction for the sake of the state's funding (what exactly is the connection between internet gambling and road repair) and then place a token amount of money as a payback for addictions intervention? As a counselor I have seen the other side of addictions--uncontrollable debt, deceit, loss of material and emotional stability. "They are going to do it anyway" is a sad response to the problem. Its like the old joke about the smoker who saved coupons from the back of his cigarette packs to purchase an iron lung.......not funny. And certainly not a responsible community response to growing addiction behavior or easy, public access to the temptation. Isn’t it rather ironic that we tempt/encourage an addiction for the sake of the state’s funding (what exactly is the connection between internet gambling and road repair) and then place a token amount of money as a payback for addictions intervention? As a counselor I have seen the other side of addictions–uncontrollable debt, deceit, loss of material and emotional stability. “They are going to do it anyway” is a sad response to the problem. Its like the old joke about the smoker who saved coupons from the back of his cigarette packs to purchase an iron lung…….not funny. And certainly not a responsible community response to growing addiction behavior or easy, public access to the temptation.

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