[Kurn, son of Mogh]

What an idiot. Its not just that he equates poker to all other forms of gambling, its just that he assumes that the MAJORITY of people who gamble are degenerates who lose their paychecks.

I'm sure you could make the same argument about alcohol (College kids wasting time/dropping out, lives being ruined, etc.) The problem is, gambling is no more likely to lead to catastrophic bad behavior than drinking. smoking, or eating high fat foods.

Yeah, Vegas has a dark side. Stop the friggin' presses! Who with a brain doesn't know that? No mention of the downside of gambling during the broadcasts? Has he not seen the 'responsible gambling" spots? Are those pap and filler? Sure, but no more than the "drink responsibly" segments from breweries or the Surgeon General's warnings on cigarettes.

Bad enough we have holy roller politicians fighting freedom, now we have ignorant sportswriters, too. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]