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From: jchapman@watcgl.UUCP (john chapman)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Lotteries
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Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 10:10:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 15 10:10:32 1985
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> Also, to put some oil on troubled flames:  is there anything so wrong
> with profiting from people's stupidity (if indeed lottery playing is stupid)
> when the consequences have been clearly pointed out to the victims?
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 How about rephrasing the question as: Is there anything so wrong with
 conditioning people to behave in a certain way and then profitting
 from their inability to control the conditioned response after they
 have been warned of the consequences of the conditioned response?

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> Martin Taylor
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> {uw-beaver,qucis,watmath}!utcsri!dciem!mmt

John Chapman
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