The Progressive Atrophy of Common Sense (part II): Reprise
Not long after ranting about people taking responsibility for their own actions a shiny new example jumps up and says hello. 28 year old, Graham Calvert of Wearside has lost a bucket load of cash due to a gambling problem. Note a key point here: He has lost money because of his gambling problem.
So of course the obvious solution for Mr Calvert is to sue William Hill bookmakers for £2.1 million of losses. His legal team claim that:
"William Hill were negligent in allowing him to continue to gamble after agreeing that he would be self-excluded and that they should be held responsible for the consequences."
I however would argue that Mr Calvert was negligent in continuing to gamble. Nobody forced him to hand his money over now did they. This guy is a prime example of someone not willing to be accountable for the mountain of shit they have buried them self in.
Lets say that this excuse of a human being had gone on a lucky streak and had amassed £2 million winnings as appose to losses, do you imagine for a second he would have returned the cash. Would he hell, why, because he chose to make a bet of his own free will which the bookies took of their own free will.
People all through history and all over the world have made sacrifices that most people can't even comprehend in the name of free will. Only for this deplorable pissant and many others like him to erode it away by demanding people, companies and governments babysit our every move.