Gambling to be made Socially Unacceptable ? - BBC1 - 11:30am

I'm watching it now, if society deems gambling " socially unacceptable " then our entire lives will be controlled to the extent of alcohol, relationships, etc to the point of being told when to breath and no point to anything in life other than the rat race the government tries to force us into .

You could take up knitting

already have

they should just show people this forum if they want to make gambling socially unacceptable

I say !

but the health and safety brigade told me my knitting needles were too sharp and have stopped me   look anything is potentially dangerous , you can't keep banning things to control behaviour in a small percentage of individuals that are irresponsible

There are more people who die with alcohol abuse, do we go back to the days of prohibition ?

What's with the future tense?

Any time gambling is addressed by the mass media it's in the context of 'problem' gambling. Jilly Goolden and Oz Clarke can get a show extolling the wirtues of alcohol (no problem with that) and Keith Floyd can be a bit of a lad re booze on his cookery show but where is the tv punting equivalent?

You get on the stock exchange, fk over the Third World good and proper and indulge in 'casino investing' - and you're a buccaneering captain of Capitalism; hell do it badly enough and put the entire banking system at risk - and the government passes the hat round for you!

Have a well-thought-out punt on one in the 3.30 at Wincanton - and you're a no-good bum!

probably only on mass media in that form because it's not newsworthy in any other sense than it's impact on society.

a "socially unacceptable" activity wouln't be able to throw tons of ads at you every time there is a big football match on

the portrayal of playing financial markets as not gambling is laughable though

The Big Question :

Just when I thought bad TV could not get any worse, who apart from the spotted one watches this pap?

Good discussion, some excellent points made.

Interestingly (for me) it's from the Appleton Academy in Bradford, named after the phycisist Sir Edward Appleton.

He gave his name to a house at Hanson school, Bradford, and sure enough I was in Appleton house.

My aunty was a friend of his much younger sister, Dorothy.

Sad story from son of father who secretly gambled away £500,000 over 30 years and ended up in jail !

Wiped out all family's money !

A wise old sage once said , leave religion out of gambling but with horses do what Jesus would have done.. find one that resembles a donkey and lay it.

I was going to sing a song this morning but then i thought better of it ,just in case the writer of the song sued me .
perhaps we should be all allowed to sing what ever we like,"lets say a guy could be allowed sing 3 songs for ten quid"

ban the bingo and the lotto first

and then ban trading on the stock exchange,perhaps if we all wore pin stripe suits when we entered into a bookie's office this would clean up the image

i got a statement from an investment fund last week, its down £5k in three months.

if i done 5 k on the fobts i could have been on bbc!

the women of the world spend 10 times more money on face make up than people spend on gambling,now a least a gambler has a chance of winning once in a while but alas no matter how much a women spends on age wrinkle cream,botox and make up she will still end up wasting her money because she will get old,so lets call for a ban on face make up because its the biggest waste of money of all.

It would be good to know the median bet stake placed in the industry. Probably less than a cup of Starbucks

Sorry mug of Starbucks

You do your self an injustice, sir !

Just because some people cannot control their gambling or drinking

Does not mean that we ban it for the vast majority who do.

Gambling and Alcohol are gifts from God

I make full use of them

We claim we are society of choice

We will not be if we stop gambling and alcohol

and while I am here can we smoke pot legally here

Why do our governments believe it is their job to make us suffer?

i gamble so much more money than i do at beauty salons and on make up probably because i do not need tobut i get what you are saying Brassneck.i am an exception to the rule.

Look at those 600lbs freaks

Perhaps we should ban eating as well

ffs

Agreed, but try not to do all 3 at once.

re gambling/alcohol/pot

wot happens to those who make money then - do we just give up and go underneath the arches and beg?

Very honest Nellie

Jan 20, 2019 -- 1:11PM, moisok wrote:

wot happens to those who make money then - do we just give up and go underneath the arches and beg?

Anyone who is profitable long term should not be classing themselves as a gamble or to be gambling clearly lots of knowledge/skill involved.

*gambler

The lottery and scratch cards out da window so?

In terms of it being another tax on the generally poor, i'd be for provided these 2 forms of gambling are socially unacceptable first.

Do we all stop fornicating with beautiful ladies ( or ugly ones when standards drop) due to a few uncontrollable sex pests? What a mad society, tbh if someone is thick enough to believe they can beat fixed odds in casino or fixed odds terminals they are just as likely to be conned from an email from a Nigerian business man asking for funds transfer so lets ban internet as well. I'd personally ban no contraception "relations" from low IQ people so we don't have these problems.

Those writing about and pushing these issues don't have a clue about 'gambling' or 'betting' believe the bookie always wins and those who 'gamble' are always addicted losers just giving away money day after day.
The idea that there are ordinary people capable of winning and are being stopped from 'betting' or 'gambling' is beyond those involved in the discussions.

mouse

I actually agree there...alcohol and gambling do not mix, it affects our judgement

Probably be worse with pot

mouse

I actually agree there...alcohol and gambling do not mix, it affects our judgement

Probably be worse with pot

why is reality tv not banned? very addictive for many people.A friend of mine has a couple of nail bars and she often says trying to have a normal conversation of whats happening in the world is just a waste of time with a lot of the younger generation as they are clueless.But start talking about reality tv you cannot shut them up

never mind pot. watching people gamble after they have been on the Colombian marching powder is a sight to be hold

City boys?

All the eels in the Thames are off their nuts over that marching powder.

i saw that story

marridge should be banned look how much the wife spends a month then there is the endless nagging, no wonder men hide in the bookies

I don't think gambling has ever been entirely socially acceptable...

Why are there some people in our society who live for nothing but making peoples lives as miserable as possible?

v good macarony

Gambling, logically, is the lowest common denominator that in itself has no tangible end product.
Its akin to the absurdity of Sisyphus, but given that the west is nuts deep into the spiv culture of trading ethereal assets how can they ever discredit it?

Personally I view it much as Diogenes looked at commerce within the marketplace....he would rather roll his barrel (Jar) around for no reason whatsoever than contribute to a corrupt and greedy society.

"do some communities ignore human rights law" 

^^^^^ no they dont or shouldn't anyway, this is the medias/governments way of normalising the removal of human rights, by saying - "oh its not being used anyway" - it makes people more accepting of its removal

And gambling socially? what does that mean? is it bookies/fobts? because they wont remove gambling at the race tracks will they!? they are moving all gambling online

Hence the push to lower fobt limits but not online limits, fobts £2? there's online slots out there that can be spun for £100, yet absolutely nothing from the mainstream media outlets on that one

Oh I wonder why

The games are afoot it seems

Why don't people question what they're being told by the media?

Why don't they ask counter questions? and push the media for an answe?

The media just move from story to story without ever being hold to task on their previous round of bull s***

today the media are not remotely criticising the democrats?

Yet they could have ended the shut down last night with Trumps compromise, yet Trump is still the evil one? I'm no fans of Trump but christ almighty they don't ever get challenged the MSM

they don't even get people on the progs to give alternative opinions or do a critique

investigative journalism has faded - most of the news etc is taken from a 'news' source and simply repeated

anything that does not fit an agenda - the editors simply throw it away (particularly on TV)

Jan 20, 2019 -- 11:45AM, Hanx wrote:

What's with the future tense?Any time gambling is addressed by the mass media it's in the context of 'problem' gambling. Jilly Goolden and Oz Clarke can get a show extolling the wirtues of alcohol (no problem with that) and Keith Floyd can be a bit of a lad re booze on his cookery show but where is the tv punting equivalent?You get on the stock exchange, fk over the Third World good and proper and indulge in 'casino investing' - and you're a buccaneering captain of Capitalism; hell do it badly enough and put the entire banking system at risk - and the government passes the hat round for you!Have a well-thought-out punt on one in the 3.30 at Wincanton - and you're a no-good bum!

Oh they are allowed to rob society blind in the casino halls of the stock market floor

But sorry bums you can kiss goodbye to trying making a few £ on the 3:30 at Wincanton, we don't wont you having the crumbs anymore either

Mr PC Magnolia Nicky Campbell, the most boring man on radio.  YAWN

Is that the same Nicky Campbell who after questing Piers Corbyn on the subject on Climate Change turn to another member on the panel and said "now I know what you are up against" Geez I played that back ten times over in case I heard wrong, hey Nick I can see why the beeb employ you

he's just so fecking boring and I always get the impression he'll just say what he thinks people want him to say, in other words a totally pointless tv journalist.

Ithink hes a bit more than that,he will push the BBC/Elite view of things hence that's why he gets the gig the little squirt

bbc will stop coverage of snooker if trump wins any more frames ...

This is what I forecast would happen when traditional punters lent their support to the FOBTs crackdown.

They're coming for the rest of us now.

Nah, it's just the parish church and the mosk giving out a few leaflets.

They're not, screamingfrom...
The media are on a bandwagon they don't understand.

Cutting the FOBTs and a bit more control over internet casinos and advertising should help bring things back a little to how they were.

Jan 20, 2019 -- 11:43AM, aaronh wrote:

they should just show people this forum if they want to make gambling socially unacceptable

Very true.

very noticeable how much captain islam was trying to stick to the divorce question, while completely avoiding the question on trans rights

https://ibb.co/2KsRm4C

Who are they to dictate what's socially acceptable or not?

All about control m8

the whole world is socially unacceptable

Who put them in charge of making their own social behavior up ?

The media aren't elected servants?

And elected servants can't go making their own rules up either

So why are the media dictating social norms?

Questions Questions thou shall never be asked

And if such questions arise

Oh look Donald Trump is in trouble in the Russia probe again...