Bahamas Issues: Response to Yorick regarding the increase in number houses in New Providence
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Originally Posted by YorickBrown
This “christian nation” blabber that keeps on coming up needs to be eliminated.
We, as a “christian nation”, allow casinos and gambling in our hotels already, which proves us all to be “hypocrites” under the light of christianity. Government, get a backbone and legalize gambling! Obie Wilchcombe, you don’t have to worry about your seat in the next election, so you should stand up and get this legalization going. Then, depending on the next election, you’ll have two booming industries under your belt (Tourism and Gaming) because offshore gambling can bring in hundreds of millions of dollars into this country. Imagine people from all over the world pumping money into this country through the Internet! Let dem gamble here when dey reach in The Bahamas and then we lock em in to gamble online in Bahamian Cyber Casinoes before dey head back home. Wilchcombe, are you listening? PLP are ya’ll listening? If not, where da FNM is? The Bahamas economy needs a financial boost and legalizing gambling opens the door, but ya’ll worried about the religious implications? Please… |
Yorick, you missed the point here…
the point was not whether to legalize gambling…Start another thread on that…the point here is that a buisness, industry is being operated illegally, right in front of the police and government officials and nothing is being done about it. The point here is that the illegal web cafes has spurred on a way of thinking. The illegal dvd ‘entrepreniggas’ now cite that since they ain’t doing nothing ’bout da gambling houses, dey need to leave us alone!’ The strippers are using that same excuse and so on.
We are breeding a culture of dishonesty, where numbermen pay off politicians and police. We are breeding a culture where churches are built on illegal money that was prayed over. We are breeding a culture where children want to be numbermen/women instead of farmers and doctors. We are breeding a culture of hustlers and beggers and it seems as if nobody cares. The issue of whether to legalize gambling is not the issue here; the issue is that we as a nation is corrupt and rotten to the core!
I agree that gambling can be beneficial to our Bahamian Economy but then if we legalize it, then we will have to consider all of the other “smaller” issuses that conflicts with our “christian Nation” title. If we legalize gambling then lets legalize prostitution, if its for the money. Remember you never compromise on one level. Stand your ground.
Lets Not let the Love of Money cause us to stray away from the One Who is Continously watching over us.
Hi there
Glennese just wanting you to know that gambling is legal but the question here is whom is it legal to? For instance, our casinos, we have two major gambling houses right here in Nassau and Paradise Island and our soliciting of prostitution. Let’s not forget that Mr. Wayne Munroe (Prominent Lawyer)just got a trailer load of Russian strippers ‘off de hook’ due to them dancing topless which should not be but he made a very interesting arguement when he said that ‘back in the day’ Crystal Palace had foreign ‘Le Cabaret’ dancers dancing topless whilst Bahamian dancers kept their tops on.
Glennese thanks for your comments.
However, gambling has nothing to do with Christianity. It is simple a social issue. My major concern is whether the monies obtained will actually benefit the Bahamas in the long run. We all know that the government cannot manage any ministry properly. Monies always seem to go missing. I see only corruption blooming from Bahamians being able to gamble.
Also will be stop being a Christian nation if we legalize gambling? What if we legalize prostitution, will God officially abandon us?
Not the “Inquring mind gone mad,” thanks for responding bey! This Bahamas is full of double standards. The goose and gander lives in the same house but have different opportunities. A decision has to be made on what is good or bad. All persons potentially affected need to put forward their view points and just end the situation. I say have a referandum and just done it. Let the chips fall where they may after that.
CN