Xref: utzoo news.admin:7866 can.general:2253 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!sl From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) Newsgroups: news.admin,can.general Subject: Re: warning: scumbags using usenet for pyramid schemes Message-ID: <77@van-bc.UUCP> Date: 2 Dec 89 06:38:00 GMT References: <15389@vlsisj.VLSI.COM> <667@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> <1989Nov19.004703.16570@rpi.edu> <1229@svx.SV.DG.COM> <256C7976.372@rpi.edu> <1989Nov28.170119.718@eci386.uucp> <75@van-bc.UUCP> <1989Dec1.202156.13727@eci386.uucp> Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) Organization: Wimsey Associates Lines: 25 In article <1989Dec1.202156.13727@eci386.uucp> clewis@eci386.UUCP (Chris Lewis) writes: >Lotteries (and raffles) being legal far predate Government sponsorship (or >profit taking for whatever purpose). So, my point still holds. > >Even now, non-governmental lotteries outnumber (but don't outgross) governmental >ones. > >Generalized gambling (card playing, casinos and the like) is outlawed for >a number of reasons, partially because of attitudes such as yours (ye olde >"rent money" argument - which I don't intend to denigrate per-se), and partially I have no problem with gambling, I have a problem with the government saying it's illegal to gamble and then setting up lotteries *AND* hyping the hell out of them to raise funds. It's an alternate form of taxation. It certainly isn't gambling. If gambling casino's tried to take the same percentage as the government lotteries people would call them criminals. >Or, more likely, not funded at all. If it's worthwhile the government will find money for it. They find money for things that arn't worthwhile all the time. -- Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca ubc-cs!van-bc!sl 604-937-7532(voice) 604-939-4768(fax) Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com