[5thStreetHog]

"Funny as well how many keep saying that it is not the role of the gvt. to tell us what we can or cannot. Well, big surprise, but that is exactly their role"

You are completely insane,and your wish to impose your ideas upon others is sickning.Your logic is also idiotic.You see an addict and claim the object seeked by the addict is the problem.This is foolish.The problem more likely is the addict fails to control his addictive personality.He is at fault,nothing else.If it wasnt poker,trust me,hed self destruct another way if this is the road he chooses.Freedom comes with responsibility,to deny freedom to everyone just because a few abuse it is obscene.And to even think its the governments job to force us to make life choices against our will because they will protect us from making bad decisions is a scary thought.They should keep me from killing you,not keep me from killing myself because i have the right to do that.