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Because if you don't care about a certain topic, nobody should care about it, right? I hope you aren't being serious. It's also ironic that you deride a moral

• Spooky23 11y ago
  Not at all. But don't pretend that playing a fantasy football pool is some sort of act of civil disobedience. It's just another impulsive act that happens to be illegal. There are many arguments against sports betting. It corrupts the sport and is fundamentally exploitive of those who lack the ability to control their impulses. As I said before, it's illegal in New York, and the owners of these sites should be prosecuted criminally, just as any other pool organizer who attracted police attention would. We're all supposed to be equal under the law.
  • dajohnson89 11y ago
    Your point is well made, but to paraphrase Chris Christie during the last GOP debate, "who fucking cares about sports betting?" I mean, I hope you're also in favor harsh penalties for recreational drug use, for consistency's sake. Again you're absolutely right about equality under the law. But as with many things in our spectator society, the Fantasy sports betting thing is just a proxy war. The true war is freedom to piss away time and money online betting on a stupid football game. It's unfortunate that so many lives are ruined by gambling and also unfortunate that I have to endure hearing my coworkers and friends blabber about QB ratings and stupid shit like that. But allowing the government to curb yet another aspect of our online life is setting a bad precedent (go ahead, say "b-but what about pedophilia?").