I AM amazed and shocked at the letter by “Honestly Speaking” opposing the proposal by the new government of Kedah to ban gaming outlets in the state.

I can only conclude that “Honestly Speaking” is a staff or an agent for the gambling companies.

All religion forbids gambling. Gambling ruins families and causes social ills. Just ask the wives and children of gamblers.

“Honestly Speaking” seems to suggest that with gambling legalised, crime will decrease and legal gamblers will not go to loan sharks to finance their habit.

Gambling is an addiction. The only people who profit from gambling are the operators.

The best way to treat a gambling addict is to take away the source, which in this case is the gaming outlet. We should leave the job of tackling the illegal operators to the police.

TRUTHFULLY SPEAKING
Ipoh.

Source: The Star – March 25, 2008