Alright with your input I now have an extra verse for the poem:
Had Tuna been there, He'd have cried unfair
If I can't have a seat, then no one gets meat,
for my ego's sake, I say, "let them eat cake."
The psychological issue you now attribute to Tuna is covered in my book in the subheading, "King of the Hill". I wasn't talking about Tuna in that particular subheading, but it fits better than OJ's glove.
I think the reason pro gambling can exacerbate pre existing conditions is because of its unstructured nature.
1. You work as much as you want
2. You work whenever you want
3. Your income has a 1 to 1 correlation to the hours you put in
4. No bell sounds at shifts end, and no one tells you to go home
5. The only measure of your success is against others of your ilk
6. And the only measuring stick for self worth available, is money
I don't think pro gambling causes mental problems, but it sure as hell doesn't fix them. It's like giving bullets to a suicidal person with a currently empty gun. Hand bullets to anyone without a gun, and they are relatively harmless...unless you use them as fuses in your truck.
Only people with the ability to structure their own lives, find any sort of equilibrium to retain balance in their lives.
~Gambling can add to a person that already has a full life, but it can't fill a life that's empty.
~FK
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
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> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@> wrote:
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> > He was definitely a bully.
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> What I should have written here is Tuna was definitely a bully when it came to gambling plays. I don't know enough about it but his bullyism could have been a manifestation of one who is addicted to gambling.
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