Should Advertising Gambling Be Banned?

Minusorange said:
What is there to understand ? Person with addictive personality decides to do something that is known to be addictive, person gets addicted, then other persons enable that person by telling them it's not their fault they chose to do addictive things so that person doesn't really make any effort to not be addicted, why would they ? it's not their fault, totally out of their control :rolleyes:
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If you don't understand it, it's perfectly fine to admit it, nobody will think less of you.

What you've just done here however is made it very obvious that you're completely unaware of how addiction works, in a thread about an addictive activity.

Not off to the best start then.
 
This is why I advocate banning all ads. Addictions hijack your brain, but so do other ads. Plenty of times you've bought stuff because an ad planted the idea in your mind. That's why advertising is effective, a whole industry exists to get you buying stuff you wouldn't otherwise buy. Manipulating someone's brain in this way is immoral. It's no less immoral than encouraging a gambling addict to gamble.
 
Minusorange said:
I guess I must have imagined being addicted to smoking for 20 years then :rolleyes:
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So you were addicted to something for 20 years? I rest my case m'lud.


Not that smoking is much the same, smoking can take decades to kill you, whereas a weekend of gambling can wipe out everything you and your family own (bit of an extreme scenario I'll give you that, but the point stands)
 
Diddums said:
So you were addicted to something for 20 years? I rest my case m'lud.
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What's your point ? I made a choice to finally stop smoking and get off the addiction, ergo, it was a choice all along

Or is smoking not a proper addiction ?
Diddums said:
Not that smoking is much the same
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I guess it doesn't count when somebody with former addiction refutes your fantasy that addiction isn't about choice

You can say addicts don't have a choice all you like, it won't change my mind, I believe all addicts are just weak minded and made worse by people like you who tell them it's not their fault
 
Minusorange said:
What's your point ? I made a choice to finally stop smoking and get off the addiction, ergo, it was a choice all along

Or is smoking not a proper addiction ?

I guess it doesn't count when somebody with former addiction refutes your fantasy that addiction isn't about choice

You can say addicts don't have a choice all you like, it won't change my mind, I believe all addicts are just weak minded and made worse by people like you who tell them it's not their fault
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Yeah you're not helping your case here, I don't even need to say anything, you've done a pretty good job of displaying your ignorance all by yourself on this one :D
 
something daft already!! said:
I agree with others that it should be banned. It's the new version of Cigarette or Cigar adverts. Harmful to wallet more than health, unless you can't afford to eat due to it.

Should all addictive products be banned from ads? Some people are addicted to eating etc. I think people can get addicted to all sorts of things. But I do draw the line at gambling and probably alcohol.
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I remember the cigar ones from being a kid, some of them were pretty funny as well.
There was a certain brand that mainly did the funny adverts but it escapes me who they were, I can still hum the tune they played though

Ah yes, hamlet

 
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Diddums said:
Yeah you're not helping your case here, I don't even need to say anything, you've done a pretty good job of displaying your ignorance all by yourself on this one :D
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Why addiction isn't a disease but instead the result of 'deep learning'

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I'm not the only one or was his addiction not Diddums "right" addiction to be classed as addiction either ?

People make a choice for their dopamine hits, you wouldn't give a serial killer a pass for killing for their dopamine hits despite being addicted to killing, why give gamblers or smack heads a pass ?
 
StriderX said:
I'm sure it feels real manly huffing oxygen at 60.
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If you live that long.

My parents both smoked and died from related diseases in their 50's my mum was just 50 dad 56. I found her dead in her bed when I got home from work at 19 years old, my dad was in a home.
 
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Dis86 said:
Because how would a smaller company be able to compete with larger? Or new companies?
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We're long past that being a reasonable expectation, I mean what small company is going to unseat say the likes of Microsoft? I mean it's possible, but largely they're in a position to get regulations to favour their monopoly as well as get away with more clandestine behaviour because the people we elect have no principles.
 
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Yes I think they should be banned. Virtually no-one makes money from gambling, so it's just encouraging people to lose their money, for the benefit of the few. It is definitely immoral to facilitate a person losing all their money, and there are some people that need to be protected from this. Gambling achieves nothing, is a waste of time, is of no value to society, and is very detrimental to some sectors of society.
 
radderfire said:
Yes I think they should be banned. Virtually no-one makes money from gambling, so it's just encouraging people to lose their money, for the benefit of the few. It is definitely immoral to facilitate a person losing all their money, and there are some people that need to be protected from this. Gambling achieves nothing, is a waste of time, is of no value to society, and is very detrimental to some sectors of society.
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Replace gambling with crypto and we could have an interesting conversation ;)
 
Minusorange said:
People make a choice for their dopamine hits, you wouldn't give a serial killer a pass for killing for their dopamine hits despite being addicted to killing, why give gamblers or smack heads a pass ?
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I’m sure you’re being extremely facetious but are you genuinely trying to draw a parallel between… gambling/drugs and murder… just so I’m up to speed.
 
Junglist said:
I’m sure you’re being extremely facetious but are you genuinely trying to draw a parallel between… gambling/drugs and murder… just so I’m up to speed.
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Anything that makes people emotionally unstable increases the chance they have an outburst that results in their own/others deaths.
 
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