Bill Would Ban Military Slot Machines

[grandpa]

They're already gambling with their lives, so they might as well have fun gambling with something else, too.

Grandpa h.

[Chancellor]

Quote by: webjedi I would say endless hours at a slot machine is decidedly less important than food and drink to the health and welfare of our troops.

Sitting at a bar consuming alcohol is no more a necessity than sitting at a slot machine.

[Milton Bradley]

I feel that the military is obligated to provide entertainment, but I see no reason these hostages can't be offered a less damaging way to entertain themselves.

[Chancellor]

Quote by: Milton Bradley I feel that the military is obligated to provide entertainment, but I see no reason these hostages can't be offered a less damaging way to entertain themselves.

Hostages? They joined the military voluntarily.

[Milton Bradley]

Quote by: Chancellor Hostages? They joined the military voluntarily.

True, but overseas in a sharia country, they are hostages of another kind.


Realistically, thes people cannot go off the base for entertainment, so they're quite stuck.


And I doubt any of them would have signed on had they known they would be subjected to ever longer, extended tours of duty.

[Chancellor]

Quote by: Milton Bradley True, but overseas in a sharia country, they are hostages of another kind. Realistically, thes people cannot go off the base for entertainment, so they're quite stuck. And I doubt any of them would have signed on had they known they would be subjected to ever longer, extended tours of duty.

But the United States has military bases in more than just countries that operate under Sharia-like laws. Those bases are likely to have slot machines too (like the naval base in Japan where my first ship was home ported).