Thursday, July 2, 2009

Casino in Singapore, the effects

I feel that the casino being built in Singapore is not a bad thing to the people.
During such times like now, it is good that the government has made the decision to build the casino. Though many have spoken against it, it provides more good than bad to the country.
The increase of money from tourism, more jobs, and ultimately, more revenue for the country.
Of course gambling is bad, but in the end, the decision to gamble is made by the person himself or herself. The casino does not force the person to keep gambling, it merely provides the country with an added form or source of entertainment.
Gambling is bad because it causes people a lot of harm. Broken families, heavy debt, the list goes on.
But that is a story from one point. The gambling addict. Take another poor man with a family, for example, who has always been good at dealing cards. The casino employs him, and gives him a handsome pay, all of a sudden this man can have a stable job and he can put good food on the table for his wife and children. Indirectly the casino has brought him out of his misery as a poor man and he will be thankful for the job that was given to him.
Again, back to my point, gamblers are gamblers because of their greed. Money is what drives them to gamble, and gamble until they cannot stop or are broke. The choice lies within the person himself or herself. If that person has the self-control to tell himself, "Stop, I've spent too much here. If this continues I'll be in deep trouble, " and corrects his behaviour, this person has enjoyed his game there, yet he knows that he will not be debt-ridden, or have to face an angry family when he gets home.
I am for the casino. If you were to argue, for that one person's job, how many have completely ruined their future, I would again say that a gambler can change his lifestyle with help and his sheer willpower, but a lack of jobs cannot be overcome by sheer wilpower, a company has to be opened, a business started, and someone has to give these people a place to work.