More than twenty years ago, our family lived in a public house in the unit. The neighbor was a young man, and I didn't know at first, but this guy was a bit of a fun card. Of course, it is not a white play, it is always a little exciting, nor is it big, a few hundred dollars a game. After work one day, he invited several neighbors to his house for a drink. Everyone is a unit, and it is a neighbor, naturally there will be "please come", no one will see outside.
When the drink was in full swing, the neighbor said, "Drink, it's all someone else's money." When he said this, he was a little proud. It turned out that today he had a very good hand and won hundreds; After that, every three to five minutes, the neighbors were invited to join the lively and lively. Later, as soon as he called us to drink, everyone knew that he was in good spirits and had won money again. A few days later, he invited the neighbors to drink together, and he was still just as happy, but he said, "There are those who have lost, those who have not drunk?" He said that today's hand is not good, there are losses, and we can't drink without us.
Later, the neighbors moved away, many people transferred out of the original unit, and each of them sold the building, and there was not much contact. Later, when he met an acquaintance, he asked the neighbor about the situation, and the result was very miserable, saying that he had lost so much that he was starving all over his body, and many people asked him for an account, so that he did not dare to go home. There were even people who clamored to sell his buildings and force him to pay off gambling debts. The ancients have long warned: "Ten bets and nine losses", which means that ten people will gamble, and nine people will lose a fine light. It is also said that "gambling is poison". Poison is a thing, whether natural or chemical, is extremely tempting, and can even control your central nervous system and make you addicted; After you reach a state of hyperactivity, let you feel comfortable and tie your hands. It's like taking euthanasia, and even making you comfortable and "happy" to die.
Small bets are useless, big bets are harmful. Recently, the China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Daily reported: "Once gambling is deeply involved, addiction is comparable to drugs. This is the confession of Wu Xiaoliang, a former accountant at Sanfengang Middle School in Duchang County, Jiangxi. Looking back on the gray and dark journey of going astray due to online gambling, he reflected that his leisure time was empty and boring, he did not attach importance to ideological and political study, and his thinking became heavier and heavier without work, and he wanted to get rich overnight by relying on online gambling. From hundreds to tens of thousands, the twisted psychology of "always wanting to win big money" makes him addicted to it and unable to extricate himself. After losing his salary, he turned his attention to the public funds of the unit. From September 2016 to August 2020, he took advantage of his position to intercept the county financial application fees that should be handed over, forged bills and falsely reported expenses to defraud public funds, and illegally appropriated more than 14.5 million yuan of public funds for online gambling and personal expenses.
According to the data of the discipline inspection and supervision department, "gambling" and "greed" are inseparable, just like twin sisters. Party members and cadres and public officials often hide the problem of corruption behind their participation in gambling. In the eyes of some party members and cadres, gambling has become a "fig leaf" and a "blindfold" for accepting bribes and offering bribes. Some people do not dare to blatantly "send", so under the guise of gambling, they staged the drama of "superiors win subordinates" and "cadres win bosses, bosses take projects". "This 'petty play' has a very big impact on me, and I basically think about this thing every day." Xu Li, former member of the party committee and deputy township chief of the Guoshan She Nationality Township in Tonglu County, Zhejiang Province, regretted it, and what he said about "doing small things" referred to gambling.
Due to work reasons, Xu Li's wife and children do not live in the county town for many years. After work, Xu Li "let go of himself", and this indulgence "outside of eight hours" was the cause of his step-by-step approach to violating discipline and even committing crimes. According to his own account, after 2010, he developed bad habits such as playing cards and going to entertainment venues with his colleagues. Sometimes when there is no cash around the loss of money, they ask the management service object to "borrow money", often three or five thousand, the other party often understands, gambling funds have no return and never urge. Look at these "card friends" of Xu Li: not only include management service objects, but also subordinates; All belong to "Zhou Yu hit Huang Gai - one willing to fight one wish to be beaten".
Some people seem to be skilled in cards and must win every gamble, but in fact, they use the power in their hands as a bargaining chip for interests. Jiang Rongxin served as the party secretary of Weizi Town, Zhaohua District, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, for two years, and "won" 480,000 yuan from the project boss alone. When encountering an invitation to refuse to play cards, they threaten and induce "non-bidding projects". In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. He moved the casino to his home and became the convener of gambling activities, drawing between 800 and 1,000 yuan per game for "tea fees". In five years, the illegal profit was more than 1.06 million yuan.
The casino is a place of "boiling frogs in warm water". Here, instead of stabbing you to death, it is to first anesthetize your central nervous system, so that you lose the ability to "jump out" of the iron pot in the process of enjoying yourself. Being addicted to small gambling is probably the fate of our neighbors; Contaminated with big gambling addiction, it will probably be the end of Wu Xiaoliang, Xu Li, Jiang Rongxin and the frog. (Tang Jianfeng)