May 22, 2003
The Wonder Of It All
We swung by Foxwoods on Sunday. Promise me something: if you ever hear me talking about going again, just give me a book of matches and a $10-dollar bill; it will last longer than my roll of quarters did.
Unfortunately, I didn't run into Diamond Bill Bennett, so I couldn't ask him how to reconcile his view of a universal morality with a million-dollar gambling jones, but I was taken aback at the Foxwoods clientele. I expected the desperate pensioners, the chain-smoking joyless slot-handle-pullers, and the odd tuxedoed low-roller playing video poker, but I couldn't believe the number of kids. Not in the casino itself, of course, but in the surrounding "entertainment complex". Why would you bring your kids there? Isn't there anywhere else you can take them? A place that wouldn't require you to leave them for hours while you deposit their college money into Archie slot machines?
This must be one of those nouveau-family-bonding moments that I'm missing out on by not having kids.
As a P.S., while searching for background info on Diamond Bill, I came across a recent Gallup Poll showing what Americans consider morally acceptable or not. Add another slew of items to my "Why I'm Increasingly Uncomfortable Living In This Country" list.
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