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Originally Posted by SamuraiPlaya
... let us citizens enjoy certain rights such as spending my hard earned after tax money the way I want to. (within REASONABLE ethical boundaries of course)
As pointed out, there is the flaw. IMO, we need to completely remove the concept of ethics from the law. Ethics should have NOTHING to do with whether or not anybody is allowed to do anything. Murder is illegal, and should remain so, but not because it is unethical. It should be illegal because you are directly harming another person without their permission. Same for assault, theft, etc.
but if you, as an adult, want to play online poker with other consenting adults, yes, you should be allowed. heck, if you want to do sick, twisted **** with other consenting adults, go right ahead. Just because I think it's sick doesn't mean you or anybody else has to agree with me. But if it's consenting adults, in private, do whatever you want.
Until we get most voters to agree with this concept, IN ITS ENTIRETY, we are always going to face this fight, whether it is about online poker, or other things that were fought in the past, such as interracial marriage and other things that most of us take for granted today. I think that enforcing any ethics is the same thing as combining church and state, and should be held unconstitutional. But that victory is a long way in the future still.
Thanks, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)