Gordon Campbell and his Liberal MP’s are intentionally ignoring the fact that every reason they have given to legitimize why they have legalized online gambling in the province are exactly the same arguments any intelligent person would give for legalizing the Billion dollar marijuana trade in this province.
1. Because of the large amount of illegal gambling taking place that is sending truckloads of cash to organized crime which causes other crimes and vicitmizations to occur. (hmmm, I bet there might just be even more illegal marijuana growing, selling and smoking going on in this province than online poker playing – and I know it is making criminals stinking rich)
2. Gambling needs to be regulated so that social programs benefit by moving gambling revenue into education and health care. (hmmm, I think I’ve heard the exact same argument made for decades in support of legalizing marijuana)
3. The government could better provide services to problem gamblers if they were in control of the gambling activity on the internet. (hmmm, wouldn’t it be better to do the same thing for problem pot smokers – if there is such a thing – rather than throw them in jail at $240 a day billed to the tax payer?)
When I heard Gordo say these things to justify his governments involvement in online gambling (after being steadfast against expanding gambling options in BC) I couldn’t help but think – you fucker! Everything he said are things that thousands of British Columbian’s have been saying for years in support of legalizing marijuana. And now you’re using the same arguments to justify legalizing internet gambling, while pretending it isn’t 100% hypocritical.
I even heard douche bag Kevin Krueger (BC MLA for Kamloops -South) spouting off about how online gambling and marijuana are different because marijuana is a gateway drug and dealers can lace marijuana with harder drugs. That gateway drug shit has been dis-proven over and over again yet morons like him continue to repeat it. There is actually now evidence that marijuana is an effective exit drug from hard drug use. And lacing marijuana is caused by prohibition, would the BC government lace marijuana with crystal meth if they distributed it? No, so he just made an argument for why we should legalize it. Moron.
On the other hand seeing how fucked up the launch of the new gambling site was (massive privacy breach and the site crashed) perhaps the Billion dollar marijuana industry is in better hands with organized crime running things. They at least seem to know what the fuck they are doing.
