Serene state of mind

　

An international magazine runs annual special features on one-hundred most powerful people.
This year, one of those selected people was a journalist from our country who works on protests against sexual harassments and violence.
I'd like to praise that it means the world appreciate her support action for women based on her experience as a victim.
At the same time, it has revealed worldwide how our state is sex pests' heaven.
However, sorry -what to mention about is not this Journalist nor gender issues but the Superintendent prosecutor who attempted to hush up this sexual assault case this Journalist was involved in.
This Superintendent prosecutor was revealed that he was playing mahjong gambling while under the State of Emergency when people were ordered to refrain from meeting as groups.
Over this Superintendent prosecutor's illegal gambling, the punishment was so light that whole nation was astounded.
As is already reported, our state is striving to build Casino resort facilities even under Novel Corona-virus pandemic.
So back then, someone around me pointed out that it would be impossible to bulldoze Casino resort if the penalty for this Superintendent prosecutor's illegal gambling is severe.

I'm not the right one to offer explanation how people fall into addiction; for today, gambling.
And how gambling facilities' side knows how to trap customers into gambling addiction and squeeze money.
Also, about tragedies over gamble addiction, not only addicts themselves but also their families.
As is already known, our state has too easy access to gambling; pin-ball gambling amusement facilities are everywhere.
After 3.11 earthquake disasters, accuses came up that they are wasting electricity under electric shortage due to nuclear power accident.
Under the State of Emergency in this spring, those gambling facilities were subjected to business closure request.
But some of them ignored the order and kept on their business, and those facilities were target of criticism.
As for this, some said that they were just outlets for general public's frustration, but I don't agree with that;
What do they expect after they make people throw away money, trap customers into gamble addiction and misery under ordinary circumstances?
Even though no mass infection broke out in pin-ball gambling amusement facilities so far thanks to their infection control, what if it was mere luck?
Meanwhile, workers at pin-ball gambling facilities are also victims of gambling industry, and there is no reason they are abused -generally speaking, pin-ball gambling facilities pay good salaries, and there are workers who have no other way to earn their living.
But I'd like to recommend those workers to make their move to change career, for the sake of their pride and future
-Few White-hat wannabes would abuse if those workers use public vocational-training programs in order to wash their hands of gambling industry with obviously no prospects.
It's wrong to think of gambling addiction as a matter of personal willpower; addiction is a kind of brain disorder.
But in order to prevent gambling addiction, the most certain and simple way is to cut off access to gambling from the beginning, isn't it?
In the Continent country in southern hemisphere due south of our country, while slot-machine gambling facilities were closed down due to pandemic, gambling addicts' craving for slot-machine declined rapidly.
Still, in our country, Panjandrums promote gambling industry, and settle gambling addiction with self-responsibility, a favorite term of our state these days.

It seems to be forgotten under pandemic, but at the beginning of this year, but briberies were revealed one after another over casino resort policies in our country.
It revealed Casino resort policies are nothing but sources of various crimes BEFORE the construction even started.
　But things are not hopeless yet.
　　According to a survey, about sixty percent of people of their twenties have no interest in gambling.
I appreciate that those youth nowadays are wise to understand the reality.
I agree with an online posting saying that IF Panjandrums still want to bulldoze Casino, they must abolish pin-ball gambling amusement.
　Then pin-ball dealers would repel and vehemently oppose Casino
　　-Counteract poison with poison, or fight fire with fire in this language.
By the way... how do you say pachinko in this language? "Pin-ball" seems to be a little different game.

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