Just curious.

I vote the person who steals the lottery tickets is dumber than the person who blows the jackpot because the person who blows the money gets to enjoy the money, for a short time atleast.  The person who steals gets notting but maybe time in jail.

Good question.  Steals.

I voted steals. I don't think I am dumb for "blowing" my money on tickets. It's my hobby. 

No brainer.

Steals.

The thief is dumber!

Stealing is morally wrong, but in many cases I'm not sure how "dumb" it is.  There are very smart people who steal from others all the time. They just lack scruples. However, I'll say stealing lottery tickets is probably very stupid since they can be traced.

Blowing your money is also stupid and careless, but it isn't illegal.  Well, it's a good question, but I honestly don't think they are related too closely.  One is a crime and the other is acting irresponsibly.  One is immoral and the other is poor judgment.  I guess greed might be one factor they both share.  But if you are lost at sea and drink all your water in one day instead of using a little at a time for survival, it's not the same as stealing the other guy's water while he's sleeping.

You said that so eloquently!

A companion to stealing is lying:

If a person steals they also lie!

Conversely:

If a person lies they also steal!

I read the poll wrong. I thought it said who is dumber those who steal or those who blow their money on tickets. My answer is the same, but I read it wrong. Sorry.

The act of stealing is dumber than blowing a jackpot -  unless you're Robin Hood.

What was Robin Hood's (short for Robbing Hoodlum) real name?

Robbing Hoodlum is right.

There were many thieves/crooks who used the alias Robin Hood, some scholars suggest that it was merely a nickname for criminal or Hoodlum in today's world.  But there is one thing for sure, they were men in tights.

Stealing has always been and will always be a sin. It's funny how many try to skirt the issue. i.e. morally wrong etc. It just happens to be one of the ten commandments in The Bible. Check out the book of EXODUS chapter 20. You'll find there are nine other sins listed as well that we are not to commit, but we do anyway. But the worst of all is LYING. In the book of Revelations God states that all liars will be thrown in the lake of fire.

Beieve what you want, the truth is not dependent upon whether you or I believe something is true or not. 

Blowing money, or wasting money is not a violation of God's laws  Secondly, the definition of "blowing" money is rather obsure, and each of us has our own definition. To one person, blowing money might mean giving a huge portion of your lottery winnings to The Salvation Army or to some other charity. To another, a trip to Maui might be considered as blowing money.. To a single person, blowing money might mean a lottery winner spending his/her winnings on other family members.

Not being anywhere omnipotent, and not trying to second guess our creator, since he does not state: THOU SHALT NOT BLOW MONEY, my vote goes to STEALING IS A WHOLE LOT WORSE THAN BLOWING MONEY.

Moreover, if the winner does not give at least 10% to charity, you ARE STEALING FROM GOD, and that has a CURSE associated with it. Read the book of Malichi if you think I'm just whistling Dixie. :-) 

Qouth The Raven....NEVERMORE 

Robin Hood's real name was Robert Fitzooth.

Rather than glorifying criminals and other folks with bad behavior, society should be glorifying the honest hard working people that exemplify honesty, integrity, and morality.

Visit the Ballet: You'll see men in tights there!

"It's funny how many try to skirt the issue. i.e. morally wrong etc."

I wasn't trying to skirt the issue at all.  Isn't "morally wrong" the same as sinning?  All I wrote is that the word "dumb" doesn't apply.  Lots of murderers, including serial killers, have very high IQs.  Many world leaders who have ordered genocide were very smart, but they were very evil too. 

I can also quote the Bible, but before you start preaching & thumping, you should understand the definition & interpretation of words.  There is no place in the Bible where it says stealing is dumb.  There were great rulers in the Bible who committed sins. 

Now if the question was "which is more of a sin?" I would have definitely answered "stealing."  I just don't understand your comment.   Isn't that what the Bible teaches....to be moral?  To be righteous?  To hold your standards high and do good works? 

Moreover, if the winner does not give at least 10% to charity, you ARE STEALING FROM GOD, and that has a CURSE associated with it. Read the book of Malichi if you think I'm just whistling Dixie. :-) 

Not everyone subscribes to that belief system. There are many other belief systems out there that think differently than yours. And in my case I think they're all wrong.

Curse? I think the curse is on the people who preach what will happen to others who don't accept what they think the correct ideals are.

This is why there are so many religious wars around the world. Every religion thinks they have a monopoly on what truth is.

i think the one that blows the money is the dumber....the stealer because he is poor he is going to use that little money that he stole to good use (unless it was drugs), while the one that blew the money is a mentally challenged.....

hennybogan

"...Moreover, if the winner does not give at least 10% to charity, you ARE STEALING FROM GOD, ..."

Well, beyond lottery winners there must be a whole lot of cursed people out there because truth be known, even among those who CLAIM to tithe, the national average is 2% to 3 %, not 10....

and by the way, the Biblical tithe referred to crops, not wages or personal income.  

Hey Coin Toss you are 100% correct in that the bible uses the word "CROPS". What do you think that means? To a farmer, which most were back then, "CROPS" were sold, and that is how they earned their wages. Yes, there are millions of people in the US and elsewhere who claim to be Christians and do not tithe(10%). The Good Book actually teaches we should give AT LEAST 10% OF OUR FIRST FRUITS. You will never hear a pastor say it from the pulpit, but FIRSTFRUITS means BEFORE TAXES AND not after!!!!!  Then the percentage goes way down from 2-3% to ????

I just hope that all of you big winners out there will remember the less fortuneate, like Robin Hood did, when you figure out how to win the lottery and Mega-Bucks.

Oh where art thou Lenore?

Steals

What?

What is the difference in blowing money on anything else if not the tickets?

Let's see..  I know people who blow money on take out food all during the week.. Fast food restaurants so they don't have to cook..

nothing wrong with eating out.. but every night...

Let's see..  Blowing money on gasoline.. When people burn tanks of gas just to ride around.  You would be surprised at how many people who still do this even with gas being over $3 a gallon.

Blowing money on cigarettes...  Oh yeah. that is really burning money, unless you blow around on the cherry of your cigarette...

Blowing money on booze...

Blowing money on junk food.   Geeh.. I see lots of over weight people in the grocery line with bags of chips, packs of candy bars,  sodas, ice creams, bags of cookies,  Little Debbie Cakes,  You name it... But any thing from produce line... Are you kidding??????

I cannot stand a thief...   I had rather people blow money on  ...  take out food,  gasoline, cigarettes, junk food... even if they are drawing a check from tax payers money..  It sure beats stealing any of those things.. Taking things that don't belong to you is wrong.. dead wrong,

I voted it is dumber to steal tickets...

Hopefully the Good Lord will not allow you to hit the big one since you took from a working person who had to pay for those tickets..

I chose the one who steals.

Who is dumber?

How about the person who streals the tickets, has a winner, and then blows the money?

Well the banking industry has plenty of people that blew through other people's money then received large severance checks so it can't be that option. The only way to steal other people's money and not get into trouble is to be a member of Congress.

 Brilliant

I voted the one who BLOWS the money cuz then they will have to go out and STEAL to survive!!!

That's a good one.

Those who think steakling is dumb. There's nothing dumb about crime.

I call those people the dumbest of all..

I once heard it like this, If you want to be rich "quick" HONESTY is NOT your best POLICY.

This statement is simply saying that, yes, it is true in the short term, one might become rich very quickly by stealing, yet in the long term concidering how many people get busted these days and how soon after they commit the crime they're caught,  

85 % of bank robbers are caught within 15 minutes after the crime Jail awaits the thief and dont forget Karma sooner or later "what goes around comes around" will get them. 

Think about this too, maybe even death might get them, maybe?

I recall a woman who stole something from an honest person and about 3 months later she was hit my a car walking across the street and died. 

So HONESTY should be your best policy.

Your playing with fire in otherwords by stealing.

There is only one time If you are starving and have to steal bread to keep yourself alive.

Think of the starving in other parts of the world, would you really hold it against them if they stole some bread from you?

That is, IF they really were stealing to keep themselves alive and that could be proven, then most probably would never hold it against them.

Otherwise its not right to steal.

Otherwise All excuses to steal just dont fly!

And wont fly in a court of LAW!

So you BETTER think TWICE before stealing!

And if you steal from me you best hope to God I'm in a damn good generous mood!

 Quote by nanolike

I once heard it like this, If you want to be rich "quick" HONESTY is NOT your best POLICY.

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Yes in order to be Rich you have to be a BItch. but what goes around comes around also.

Keeping it simple, both acts are dumb.

   But to get more detailed, the one who blows their money is dumber in a certain point of view.

    The person who steals and gets caught is dumb because they got greedy and didn't plan out thoroughly and follow it. If a thief were to perform this crime, they would have to carefully plan and bide their time and research the ways in which authorities would catch on to them ie; serial/bar codes, lotto agents recognizing them, employement at a store that you were to commit such a crime at and how they handle lottery book-keeping, cameras, etc.

If I won a few million and blew it all and fell in debt, THAT would truly be dumb, as well as embarrasing and irrisponsible... like this guy... http://www.lotterypost.com/news/170389/1 

I don't think the question is as confusing as some people do. Winning and blowing the money simply means  spending it and ending up no better off then when you bought the ticket. I'd say those people are clearly the dumb ones, though that's only a generalization. Even if you only net a  couple of hundred grand it could go a long way towards a secure future if you invest it and save for the future. I'm assuming the OP was thinking  about fairly good jackpots, and people like David Edwards, and the English guy. They could easily have spent the rest of their lives living a very well with the amounts they won.

Plenty of criminals are dumb, or complete morons, but stealing in and of itself isn't necessarily stupid. "Crime doesn't pay" is a very popular cliche, but plenty of criminals don't get caught, so for them the real question is how well it paid.

this  is a no brainer.If you won the lottery legally and you waste your own money thats your choice have fun doing it!But stealing is  wrong its in the bible part of the 10 commandments. Thou shall not steal.Its a sin.Not only that if you get caught in the act you can face serious consequences such as jail time.

I think people in general know stealing is wrong without having the 10 commandments at their disposal to remind them. Why do people always have to instill religious crap on everyone?

Are you telling me that before the jews marched their way to mount sinai, and received the so called 10 commandments, that everyone was void of any conception of morality?

Are you saying that if someone tripped and hit their head on a stone on the way to mount sinai, bleeding profusely, that no one would stop what they're doing and help them? Do they really need the ten commandments to make them aware of something that was totally innate in all humans prior to that event?

Bible thumping 101....

FACE>>>>>>>>>>FACT's>>>>>>>>>>tntea:

DUM are people who STEAL>>>>>>>>>>>>>

DUMMER are people who HAVE "MONEY" and

BUTTT & their is alway's a BUTTT in the CROWD>>>>>>>>>>>>>

BUTTT & ALWAY's remember:

THE FABRIC

LOL

PSYKOMO 

It gets annoying.

Why do people always have to instill religious crap on everyone?

Religious CRAP???  Are you referring the 10 commandments/BIBLE as religious crap?If so thats very disrespectful.Learn some respect pal.Stealing is wrong,and those who steal have sinned.Those who have done these acts can ask god for forgiveness. But to call the 10 commandments/Bible "religious crap"?.That itself is also a sin.Also if you steal lotto tickets thats also called cheating.  CHEATERS NEVER WIN!

because, UR stupid &

may be a NUTT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>WITH >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

"NO BALL's"......????

 "KNOW BRAIN"

POST something ???????? tell us something about TEN-in DEN>>

the BIBLE(TELL it on D MOUNTAIN BRO?)

lol

PSYKOMO 

TELL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>US the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BALL's >>>>>>>>before^^^"THEY BOUN CE"

It's not so hard to figure out, so anyone who needs your top 10 list to guide their lives can't be very bright. What's religious crap is you and others spouting off and pushing your beliefs on others to try and support your answer to the question. I'm sure he wasn't referring to your bible as crap. It's got some pretty good reading, and deserves space on the bookshelf next to other great works of fiction.

Well said, Pac.

 Religions are merely codified organized means of approaching the problems of dealing with one's fellow man.  Rules for living, one might say.  And since one of the 'Rules for Living' is to not take your neighbor's stuff or any stuff that isn't yours--I vote that stealing is more wrong than blowing your winnings.

Planet of the Apes - 1968

I remember when I first saw this movie many years ago. I was very young and didn't know the frality of man.  It's funny how a message like this will blow you away when you are young. 

Cornelius: [reading from the sacred scrolls of the apes] Beware the beast Man, for he is the Devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Yea, he will murder his brother to possess his brother's land. Let him not breed in great numbers, for he will make a desert of his home and yours. Shun him; drive him back into his jungle lair, for he is the harbinger of death.

 Then when it was remaded in 2001 - It had been Holiwoodized and lost this message.  I thought about this when I heard ya'll arguing about religion.

What about the Ape's Sacred Scrolls?LOL  After all we are primates.   Ya'll think these apes were on to something?

Yes, the 10 commandments are religious crap for people who doesn't care about your religion.

Both you and your religion get the respect it deserves. If you kept your mouth shut about your religion, both you and your religion would get more respect.

Great quote, Tenaj.  I loved that movie!  Going back a little further, it was "The Day The Earth Stood Still" that first had that effect on me.   

Klaatu:  "The universe grows smaller every day, and the threat of aggression by any group, anywhere, can no longer be tolerated. There must be security for all, or no one is secure. Now, this does not mean giving up any freedom, except the freedom to act irresponsibly."

"The Day the Earth Stood Still" is a great movie Justx and is in the process of being remade in 2008.  Scheduled to be released  12 December 2008.

I didn't know.  I hope they don't ruin it with too many special effects.  I really liked the classic movie.  I felt really good knowing Patricia Neal was going to dump the idiot she was engaged to! Here's the trailer. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfpSXI8_UpY

Yeah it's being re-made as we speak Keanu Reeves will play Klaatu.  I don't think the trailer is out yet but it's being filmed at the University of British Columbia.

Yes Patricia Neal did a good job in that movie.  She said that a big girl that lived across the street from her when she was 3 years old grapped her by the throat and choked her and that's the reason for her distinctive voice.   The "Fountain Head" was the last movie I saw her play in.  

I don't remember that one.  I know she had a tough life, first losing a child and then having a bad stroke.  I liked her and Paul Newman in Hud.

She played with my man Gary Cooper in the Fountain Head.  I think you would like it.  The role she played in Hud was written for a black maid --- but they didn't want a white man being seen raping a black maid.  Not in 1963.  I think she go best something for that.  It took me 3 times to watch Hud.

Brandon De Wilde that played Paul Newman's brother in Hud is the same little fellow who played the boy in Shane.  He had gotten a little older in Hud.  "Shane, Come back"