you guys are making the argument that since gambling and alcohol ruins lives they should be hated
gambling is basicalliy throwing your money in a deep dark pit and alcohol is basically just a drug that lets you emulate stupidity pretty effectively
I personally don't see a positive to either, but then again I'm the worst person in the world.
Gambling also carries a high social component.
IF someone is trying to make the "WoW is like drugs" comparison, it's probably better to switch that analogy to gambling, since both are sedentary and can easily be enjoyed just for fun in moderation.
I mean, I already posted this earlier. WoW is a hobby like many others. It carries a small risk of addiction but so do many many other things. It doesn't happen very often but it does happen often enough that most of us can think of at least one person who has suffered in this way. And when people see their friends or family addicted to anything they get mad at the source of the addiction, whether or not that's deserved.
WoW may be a rotten hobby, but it's just a hobby. Addiction is a tragedy that is hard to deal with and harder to watch, regardless of the object of fixation.
Anyway, I have a much more relevant question: Most people pursue hobbies because they are "fun" for that person. What in the hell is fun about WoW? I mean, to me it looks like you could get the same results a logging into a chatroom with a bunch of monkeys, where everyone is running Progress Quest. Don't tell me it's "the social aspect", because goddamn it man, there are literally thousands of more interesting things to do to meet and hang out with people both offline and online.