People could be leaving their kids locked in the car for hours and would not come under heavy criticism. Once it is done for the sake of gambling, the term "landu" (compulsive gamblers) will most definitely be attached to them. One unlucky woman locked her daughter in the car and went to the casino and was being charged for leaving a confined and unattended child under the age of 8, neglect of a minor and child abuse.
Chinese believe that if you are landu enough to neglect your children, you have the tendency to convert them into gambling chips and wage them on the gambling table. This "revelation" or "prophetic curse" goes back to the time when children could be sold off as slaves because they had witnessed enough of children with such ill fate during the era.
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She locks her child to gamble. In the end she gets locked up.
ReplyDeleteGetting lock up should prevent her from locking her child in a car to gambler in future.
DeleteThe poor girl will hate gambling but she may end up being a compulsive gambler.
ReplyDeletePolicymakers should explore ways to monitor and punish irresponsible gamblers.
DeleteFrom fraud and violence, gambling takes cruelty and negligence as the new look.
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