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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 2718007, member: 730"] Removing laws that prohibit an activity is not "[I]encouraging and promoting[/I]". Gambling, along with many other activities are not "made legal". The natural state of all activity is that it is legal and permitted. Laws only prohibit and saying that removing prohibitions in any way encourages them is a false argument. Laws prohibiting any activity only work if the vast majority of the population agrees to abstain from it. Gambling, like alcohol consumption, may have some detrimental side effects but making them illegal will not stop them. People like to drink and they like to gamble and they will do those things despite any laws. Making them illegal has turned a large part of the population into petty criminals, has helped to generate a general disrespect for laws in general and has promoted the corruption of our law enforcement agencies. [/QUOTE]