America's new acceptable vice, Casinos vs Stripclubs
johndough20020
Maryland
Years ago casinos were considered unacceptable vices. No one wanted a casino in their back yard. If you wanted to gamble you had to travel to Atlantic City or Las Vegas. They argued that easy access to casinos would be detrimental to society for the following reasons.
Attract organized crime
Create gambling addictions
Prevent people from paying their bills
Create debt and poverty
Now society's attitude towards casinos has shifted. Casinos are all over now. Atlantic City has been put out of business. I am not sure how long Las Vegas can maintain. PG County which has been at war with strip clubs over the last decade has just opened a 1.2 billion dollar casino. Now strip clubs are considered to be detrimental to society for the following reasons.
Lowers property values
Nuisance on law enforcement resources
Dangerous
Lead to prostitution
Which spreads STDs
Attract organized crime
Create gambling addictions
Prevent people from paying their bills
Create debt and poverty
Now society's attitude towards casinos has shifted. Casinos are all over now. Atlantic City has been put out of business. I am not sure how long Las Vegas can maintain. PG County which has been at war with strip clubs over the last decade has just opened a 1.2 billion dollar casino. Now strip clubs are considered to be detrimental to society for the following reasons.
Lowers property values
Nuisance on law enforcement resources
Dangerous
Lead to prostitution
Which spreads STDs
7 comments
Many places have local ordinances, always ones likely to be deemed unconstitutional, to try and eradicate or severely restrict strip clubs.
I oppose casinos, but I support strip clubs. I do not see the two things as similar. But I still think that your starting this thread will prove constructive.
Some of it is just a timing issue. There have long been laws against gambling. But the local ordinances targeting strip clubs are new, and almost certainly unconstitutional.
Another example, the US has stronger alcohol regulations than most countries. But it is unlikely that such laws will ever be declared unconstitutional.
Throughout the 60's and 70's, courts were striking down laws against strip clubs.
These new local ordinances are really no better than the ones which were struck down.
Now about the state criminal statues against prostitution, some say these are unconstitutional. But I think the real issue is just that these laws are never enforceable without trashing the constitution.
SJG
Steely Dan live in Charlotte, NC 2006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHgXuB0Q…
You do raise an interesting point.
10 years ago the closest casino to me was a 6 hour drive. Now I have 2 casinos in under 1 hour drive, 6 casinos within 90 minutes, 9 casinos in 2.5 hours and 14 casinos within 3 hours.
10 years ago there were 16 strip clubs within a 45 minute drive and today there are 7.
Anyways, that's beside the point of this post. I frequent and enjoy both strip clubs and casinos, but I'd prefer both to not be in my city.
If I don't win in the casino, the effort - the "journey" - wasn't all that entertaining. But if I don't "win" in the strip club, I still spent several hours watching naked women dance, talking to them, sitting with my arms around them, getting dances, and hugs and kisses after dances. If I'm in the right club, I'm getting mileage on the floor. So, still very pleasant even if I don't get the big prize.