Draft Kings

That is dumb -- even by your usual attempts to deflect a conversation away from something by creating a circular semantic sideshow.

States HAVE created monopolies for themselves. I posted about how state lotteries are run -- they make it illegal for private entities to run a lottery and then do it themselves. The conversation -- and you disgareeing with me for pages -- had zero to do with some nonsensical semantic nuance about how I never felt the need spell out a belief that states shouldn't even be in the lottery business.

You were argumentative with me for posting that people can make the decision to play a lottery for themselves -- they know what gives them utility for their money. That notion drew out your characteristic posting style.

As I said the thread is still there. Anyone can read it.

 

I hate it when people drag unrelated crap from thread to thread. In this case, it was two threads about the same thing, though -- gambling, and whether people need to be protected from themselves. I wasn't trying to create an interweb argument, although it was inevitable that would happen. I was just pointing out that on the other thread (re: the lottery), he threw up posts suggesting people couldn't decide for themselves (they were being "exploited," spending their money "irresponsibly," what they "really need."). On this thread (fantasy sports gambling), it's a bunch of busybodies trying to to take away other people's fun. For me, that inconsistency was definitely about the topic.