Just Ban It!

People are talking about banning gambling. They bring up many good-sounding statistics to support it, such as “crime increased 400% in one area that allowed gambling. Forgetting that gambling brought a lot more people to an area where previously very few people lived. They falsely attributed the rise in crime to gambling, not the influx of people. But you can’t “just ban” things that are bad for people. People need to be able to make their own decisions about things. They’re adults and nobody has the right to ban ANYTHING for an adult. Banning things just drives it underground and creates a lot of new criminals where they aren’t needed. It also creates another big bureaucracy where THAT is not needed. But that’s what liberals are after. As much CONTROL over as many things as possible. Control is the thing that liberals “get off on.” (John Stossel/Town Hall)