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 A:     Did you hear? The state is thinking of legalizing
       gambling¹ in our city! Soon we are gonna have
       amazing hotels and casinos here which will be
       good for our business!

 B:    Are you serious? Gambling is a vice² industry built
       on deception³ and fed by the intentional⁴ exploita-
       tion of human weakness for the sole purpose of
        monetary⁵ gain! It disgusts me.

 A:    What are you talking about? How does it exploit
        people?
 B:    Well, to begin with, Gambling is addictive⁶, ruins
        marriages, destroys families and bankrupts com-
        munities. Once you are addicted⁷ it is very diffi-
       cult⁸ to stop. People have lost their houses,  cars
       and been left out on the street after becoming
       addicted. Secondly⁹, it exploits because men be-
       come  addicted  to  gambling  most  often  because
       of the action and risk. Women gamble to escape,
       and senior citizens will start gambling for the so-
       cial  interaction. Underage  gamblers  often  start
       gambling on sports  with friends  and then illegal
        bookies.

 A:    Geez!  Now that I think about it, maybe legalizing
       gambling isn’t such a good idea! Although, I have
        been to Las Vegas, and I didn’t become addicted
       or anything like that.

 B:    You  cannot predict who will become addicted  to
       gambling. Now excuse me, I have a protest rally
       to organize!