Roman Catholic leaders in Massachusetts are right in telling voters
here that the gambling industry " weakens the moral fabric of society
". How could a revitalized Catholic social philosophy think otherwise
? Sudden wealth gained by the pagan god of Chance- without a hint of
mental or physical effort- is profoundly corrupting. It seems to me that
state lotteries are equally corrupting. Every morning I hear on local
radio and TV stations a celebrity voice almost manic in its delirious
enthusiasm for pimping for the Rhode Island Lottery. " Have you no shame
? " I think to myself.
In general, a vote for
gambling is the moral equivalent of a vote for our modern Robber Barron
Capitalism. The ONE PERCENT legally walks out the corporate doors with
the wealth of nations in their possession.
Could anything be more " subversive " than a rational view of wealth creation ? Here logic and morality harmonize .
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