Australia - ‘toy poker’ machines for sale
http://www.news. com.au/dailytele graph/story/ 0,22049,20468589 -5006009, 00.html
Hi all….
I could not believe this news picture and article of a toy poker machine (slot) being sold in Australia… …it is just so gross!!….Toys they call them!!
but I ALSO think that the quoted sentence below is very interesting. ….
"Australian Catholic University developmental psychologist Dr Barbara David said evidence suggested people had a predisposition to addictive behaviour."
The statement has HUGE implications for ‘normal citizens and consumers who play poker machines’… .if the ‘evidence’ can be produced, as the good doctor suggests….
…..does she really mean that ‘normal / everyday / average / majority / usual human beings’ are predisposed to pokies addiction??? (Shock horror??)
…..as against the oft-peddled drivel that is espoused by governments, the gaming industry and by some counselling organizations, who constantly refer to those ‘abnormal, unfortunate social weaklings… .the very few who are sadly lacking in maturity and self-restraint. ..those who get ‘ill’ because they are deficient… .a sad but predictable casualty of the normally safe, FUN recreation of gambling’???
This quote IS a refreshing change of ‘professional’ stance…
We have been claiming for years that addiction is the normal and predictable consequence of playing poker machines….not an abnormal consequence, to be suffered only by a sad few ’social deviates’.
On that basis we have called for the banning of ALL poker machines…. not just these toys!
Seems like NZ counselling bodies are on the right track! They are acting responsibly!
So…Counsellors in Australia… .PLEASE demand that your teams stop working at the bottom of the cliff…..and start working at the TOP a bit more zealously??
Get behind us and publicly demand that these machines be banned!!
The Australian public does not want ANY public money being spent on funding of ANY organization, government or otherwise… .IF it can be avoided!!
Comments such as these by Dr David suggest that it should be avoided!!
Maybe it’s NOW time to ‘bite the hand that feeds you’ and call for banning of poker machines…. because your outcomes-based accountability to both your funding bodies AND the Australian public demands it??
The government may threaten you with loss of funding if you recommend banning of pokies…..but the Australian public will demand that your funding is cut off…if you don’t!
It is your call… Can you please take that message back to your boss??
