[citanul]

David,

are there any large thai companies helping prostitute 14 year old girls? i don't think so.

you need to think of an industry where there are other LARGE companies involved, making LARGE amount of money for your analogy to hold any water. i don't think there is huge money in the marijuana business in holland.

all i see in this matter is harrahs deciding they think they can profitably and without breaking any laws enter this business. here's the closes analogy i can come up with right now:

say there's an american beer company. they are going along producing beer. they expand, and produce and sell beer in many countries. america passes an alcohol prohibition stating that americans cannot buy booze online, nor can an american company sell booze online, though they can still go to their local beer store and go nuts. the beer company, now a mega multinational corporation later opens an online store selling beer to people who live outside of the US.

it's cool, and it's a thumb of the nose at authority, kinda, but honestly, meh. honestly it should be totally expected that a company like harrahs should enter the online market.