- Joined
- May 22, 2012
yes, because, you know, they came to his door with henchmen saying 'yoose better play now, ya hears?'
That's horrible. I'm sorry but that guy deserved to have his kids taken away from him. He left his son whose mentally handicapped in the car for two hours while he proceeded to place bets on Roulette? He knew his son was in the car that whole time, two whole hours, what if something bad happened? What if the child choked? The artical said the child had tears streaming down his face. I can imagine this would have been a very traumatizing experience. Sounds like he was playing russian roulette with his child's life. I have no sympathy for him. Thats disgusting and IMO he should feel guilty.
It's worth me saying to Dionysus that I didn't post this thread as an attack on the availability of online gambling or as an attempt to moralize! I could have posted a story about 3 car-crash deaths but it would not have come with a suggestion that all licences be rescinded and private vehicles controlled or banned.
The reason is that the guy is an army Major. This means he's educated, comes from a good background and has an honourable profession. This would be the rationale behind the story as it demonstrates how addiction can affect anyone.
As Marky pointed out, the gambling controlled him to the point of a lifetime of shame resulting from his actions especially the incident with the baby in the car. Several lives ruined due to one man's lack of control.
Occasionally these stories serve to remind us how close to the wind we are sailing, how we could fall from grace at a vulnerable point. There may be some on here unknown to us who have more reason than others to be frightened by the tale. As they say in the special forces here (and probably where you are) "if you ain't scared, you ain't prepared".