Emergency IT Lesson 6: Compulsory Blog Entry

I have chosen Question 2.

Q2.The casino being built in Singapore is supposed to be a money-maker and job creator. However, many people have spoken against it. Talk to a parent or adult and get their view on the casino. Listen to the NPR and YouTube offerings and choose one that substantiates your viewpoint and include a quote from it as well. Your blog entry has to be at least 200 words and you must either support the casino or condemn its construction and ultimately the hardships it will cause in Singapore.

Well, first of all, before I answer this question, I must ask myself, is Casinos good or bad for the welfare of society? My mother believes that Casinos will not only spoil people's minds but also corrupt many families in Singapore. She thinks Casions should not be existing in this world at all. For one thing, I partly agree with her. Casinos are bad for people. Let me repeat: Bad. It disrupts a person's social welfare and community welfare too and eventually cause destruction in families.

Although the casino in Singapore is supposed to be a money-maker and a job creator but if the government tries to earn money from making people gamble, it will literally mean "stealing" away citizens' money. People pay money to gamble and they usually gain nothing out of it. And where does all those money go to? Other gamblers of course. However, in this process of winning and losing, the government gains money and from those who have lost their money. Just because of a Casino, many families in Singapore will go bankrupt and problems regarding Casinos would start to appear on newspapers. Social prolems will emerge and many people, especially workling adults, will get addicted and ditch jobs.

I would think that it's a double edged sword. I mean, a huge casino in Singapore would surely create many jobs, as advertised time and time again. it would certainly boost Singapore's economy.But then again, as Singapore government goes by, only those with acceptable standards of degree holders are able to get the jobs, meaning, in singaporean terms:those who have studied lo.no study, bo cert.bo cert, employer mai.and mostly, only those with no acceptable certs are those who are in the lower-range of income status, so again, it goes another round. Below is a video that explains why Casinos can be good for the citizens of singapore.

But building of the casino would create more gambling habits among people, even though one would need to pay a sum for entering, but those with huge gambling habits would just do the same once again, beg from family members, borrow from loan sharks,steal from people.But then again, it's people's actions and the government can't really do much about it. Although it's a wonderful idea to create more jobs, help the economy and etc.there's always a pro and a con to everything.