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Last Updated: Feb 18, 2010 - 11:28:19 PM |
 Dear Editor,
I listened to a talk show yesterday and the discussion was on gambling in the Bahamas: (casinos/casino resorts, numbers etc).
I paid full attention and I said I will do a little investigation.
As
some of you know by now, I admitted that I used to gamble (via raffle
tickets for the Church, scratch and win giveaways, playing over and
under (craps) and/or throwing quarters in the cup at the carnival,
dropping my name in sweepstakes at fast food restaurants, gas stations,
furniture stores etc along with purchasing shares in the local or
foreign stock markets which are all forms of Gambling (Games of Chance).
Education is the key to success my fellow Bahamian people:
With that said, for my fellow Bahamians who may not be familiar of the official meaning of gambling, here goes:
1. An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk: I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.
2. To play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
3. To stake or risk money, or anything of value, on the outcome of something involving chance: to gamble on a toss of the dice.
4. To lose or squander by betting (usually fol. by away): He gambled all his hard-earned money away in one night.
5. To wager or risk (money or something else of value): to gamble one's freedom.
6. To take a chance on; venture; risk: I'm gambling that our new store will be a success.
7. Any matter or thing involving risk or hazardous uncertainty.
8. A venture in a game of chance for stakes, esp. for high stakes.
Let’s take a look at one of the synonyms of Gambling:
RAFFLE TICKETS:
1. A form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
2. To dispose of by a raffle (often fol. by off): to raffle off a watch.
3. To take part in a raffle.
Synonyms of raffle tickets are as follows:
bet,
betting, bingo, disposition, draw, drawing, flier, gambling, game of
chance, gaming, long odds, lots*, numbers, numbers game, pool, random
shot, speculation, stake, sweep, sweepstake, tossup, wager, wagering.
Don't forget Bingo:
1.
a form of lotto in which balls or slips, each with a number and one of
the letters B, I, N, G, or O, are drawn at random and players cover the
corresponding numbers printed on their cards, the winner being the
first to cover five numbers in any row or diagonal or, sometimes, all
numbers on the card.
2. a game of chance in which each player
has one or more cards printed with differently numbered squares on
which to place markers when the respective numbers are drawn and
announced by a caller. The first player to mark a complete row of
numbers is the winner.
interj. Used to express the sudden completion of an event, occurrence of an idea, or confirmation of a guess.
Synonyms of bingo are as follows:
bingo,
bridge, canasta, craps, crazy eights, gambling game, gin, gin rummy,
lottery, lotto, penny ante, pinochle, poker, roulette, twenty-one,
wheel of fortune.
Education is the key to success my fellow Bahamian People.
After
completing a thorough investigation, I was able to do some deep
thinking, and I am going to share with you what I discovered after
speaking with two lawyers (one of them is well known as the top lawyer
in this country) along with a few of my older associates.
After I was advised to read the entire lottery and gaming act, one of the lawyers told me that:
Firstly,
the reason why Flower*, Islan* Luc*, Re* Ho*, Bow*, Fantas* etc can
legally continue to operate their internet cafes in the Bahamas is
because there is absolutely nothing stating that internet gaming is
illegal in the lottery & gaming act or in the constitution of the
Bahamas.
Secondly, internet cafe business licenses are legal and
obviously business licenses are purchased from the Bahamian government
(which are on display just like in every other business that displays
their business license), along with the fact that the internet cafes in
the Bahamas pay income tax.
(Yes we all do pay income tax as
your business license fee is determined based on how much income your
business made during the previous year).
The owners of the
internet cafes pay BEC for electricity, Water and Sewage for obvious
reasons, BTC (Batelco) for phone service and either BTC or any of the
other local internet providers for internet services with the strong
probability of V.O.I.P (Voice Over Internet Protocol/Telephony
Services) included, local Security/Armored Truck Companies,
Construction Companies, Landscaping Companies and the list of local
businesses who benefit from the internet cafes goes on and on including
national insurance contributions for their staff along with depositing
their monies into the various local banks and trust me, their deposits
are more than 5 thousand dollars, but yet they do not have to fill out
a declaration form to show where their monies came from since their
money is from a legal business. Also, loans and salary deductions are
provided by the local banks for all of the staff of the internet cafes.
Thirdly,
he stated that no Bahamian or non-Bahamian can be arrested (and if so,
it is illegal) but again, no Bahamian or non-Bahamian can be arrested
for going into an internet cafe or playing on a gaming website inside
an internet café because again, that business has a legal business
license along with the fact that there is no law preventing any
nationality from accessing any internet gaming website at any location
in the Bahamas.
In addition, the Bahamian government has no
control over websites based in New York, Chicago, Miami or anywhere
else in the world.
The only thing the Bahamian government can do
is to block the website from being accessible in the Bahamas (which I
don’t think they can do.)
Fourthly, he stated that to prove his
point even further that the internet cafe business in the Bahamas is in
fact a legal business, the fact that one of the present internet cafe
owners is presently constructing their multi storey internet cafe
headquarters with a legal permit # approved by the MOW (the former
Hote* Europ*), proves again that what he stated is 100% fact.
(The
internet cafe headquarters which is presently being constructed
downtown located two buildings from the Police Station, has their
permit # 111398 displayed on their sign.)
Lastly, he stated that the Bahamian government cannot ban certain websites (gaming websites in this case) because:
a) There is no law to do so.
b)
That would be un-democratic as it will infringe on the rights of the
Bahamian people to access the internet like how communist countries do.
(E.g. Iran, China, Cuba, North Korea etc). Not only that, if only a
select few gaming websites are accessible to certain businesses in the
Bahamas and not accessible to others in the Bahamas, that would not be
democratic.
c) If the Bahamian government were to ban internet
gaming (which is impossible but if they still attempted to) what will
happen to the sports books that operate in the casinos/casino resorts?
After
speaking to a much older person who informed me that he is a Christian,
he stated that the decision behind Si* Staffor* Sand*, Si* Rowlan*
Symonett*, Si* Lynde* Pindlin*, Si* Pau* Adderle*, Si* Arthu* Hann* and
the rest of the officials back then and present who all decided
directly, who either created or who accepted and did nothing to change
the constitution of the Bahamas and/or the lottery & gaming act
from stating that Bahamians should not be allowed to play in the
casino/casino resorts had nothing to do with Religion or Christianity,
but rather pressure from racism and discrimination from the
non-Bahamian casino/casino resort owners back then.
I asked him to further explain.
He
explained that the non-Bahamian owners of the casinos/casino resorts
back then made it clear that they did not want any Bahamians (and off
course the majority of Bahamians were black) but again, they did not
want any Bahamians gambling in the casinos/casino resorts to mix with
the tourists (who were mostly not black) because of the fact that the
non-Bahamian casino/casino resort owners felt that Bahamians were
uncivilized savages that are unable to control themselves.
He
also stated that in the eyes of the non-Bahamian casino/casino resort
owners, Bahamians were only civilized enough for the menial lower
paying jobs (e.g. maid, security guards, cooks, bell boys, garbage boys
etc), which is the only reason why a Bahamian would be allowed in the
casinos/casino resorts (literally through the back door) at that time.
The
bottom line is they (the non-Bahamian casino/casino resort owners) made
it quite clear to the powers that be (the Bahamian government) that
they did not want any Bahamians in their casinos/casino resorts around
the non-Bahamians, which is the dominant reason why this form of racism
and discrimination still lives on today in the Bahamas.
More
shockingly, he stated that the Church and the Bahamian government at
that time had to come up with a logical explanation as to why Bahamians
cannot play in the casinos/casino resorts in the Bahamas.
He
indicated that their explanation had to be a very well thought off,
scapegoat reason for the rest of the Bahamian people to believe and
accept as the supposed educated leaders who were all in a compromising
monetary and authoritative position, felt that the rest of the Bahamian
people were poor, uneducated and could easily be persuaded and
brainwashed.
The excuse he stated that the Church leaders and
the Bahamian government eventually came up with for Bahamians not being
able to gamble in the casinos/casino resorts is indicated below:
The
reason why Bahamians cannot gamble in the casinos/casino resorts is
because the Bahamian men will not take care of the families and their
home and they will squander all of their money and destroy their
families, using the now closed Montag* Par* Rac* Cours* aka Hobb* Hors*
Hal* Rac* Trac*as a scapegoat excuse, in which he made an even more
shocking statement regarding the role that the Hobb* Hors* Hal* Rac*
Trac* played in which a lot of people never realized.
He
stated that it was intentional for Bahamians to be allowed gamble at
the Hobb* Hors* Hal* Rac* Trac* so that some of the minority of
Bahamians who did in fact gamble there would do exactly what and act
exactly how the non-Bahamian casino/casino resort owners expected them
to, which in turn was ultimately used as the perfect excuse by the
non-Bahamian casino/casino resort owners as to why all Bahamians should
not be allowed to gamble in their casinos/casino resorts because of the
actions of a few Bahamians at a small scale race track.
Not
only that, he stated that the primary reason why the Hobb* Hors* Hal*
Rac* Trac* was closed down for good (despite the fact that it was
supposed to be relocated on Gladstone Road) primarily had nothing to do
with the Christian Council as so many Bahamians believed.
He
stated that it all boiled down to making the non-Bahamian owners of the
casinos/casino resorts happy and willing to do more business in the
Bahamas along with the Bahamian government deciding which one would
make them more money (a small scale horse race track or a
multi-million/billion dollar casino/casino resort).
He added
that the plan of the Bahamian government was to recycle the previous
gaming license used by the Hobb* Hors* Hal* Rac* Trac* to open the
Playbo* Casin* owned and operated by Playbo* Bahama* Limite* which
opened for business in the Ambassado* Beac* Hote* either on March or
April 1978.
The gaming license previously used by the Hobb*
Hors* Hal* Rac* Trac* was recycled due to the fact that the owners of
the casinos/casino resorts did not want any further competition to
exist in the Bahamas and in order for the Bahamian government to
satisfy the non-Bahamian owners of the casinos/casino resorts, the
Bahamian government stated that they will not grant anymore
certificates of exemption for new gaming licenses.
As a result,
the Bahamian government had no choice but to close the Hobb* Hors* Hal*
Rac* Trac* in order to keep their promise or else the non-Bahamian
casino/casino resort owners would be unhappy and threatened to
discontinue their services in the Bahamas which would have heavily
negatively affected the revenue made by the Bahamian government.
On
the other hand, he further explained that the Bahamian government used
the following excuse to silence any noise that would have come from the
religious community. The Bahamian government made a promise that they
had no plans on keeping the Hobb* Hors* Hal* Rac* Track open along with
stating that it will never reopen. The Bahamian government also stated
that there would be no new certificates of exemption to allow any new
casino/casino resort operators in the Bahamas, (which was true).
However,
the Bahamian government falsely gave the impression that the gaming
license used to operate the Hobb* Hors* Hal* Rac* Trac* would be rid
off for good.
The Bahamian government never informed the
religious community (or the public at large) that they planned on
reusing the gaming license used by the Hobb* Hors* Hal* Rac* Trac* to
open the Playbo* Casin* because the Bahamian government knew that this
would cause the religious community to become upset and more than
likely cause them money and even worse, votes and power.
In other words, the Bahamian government told the religious community half the truth but not the whole truth.
I then asked him these questions among others:
What about women, don’t women gamble too?
Is it only the men who will squander their money?
There are women also who don’t take care of their families as well, maybe not as much as men but it happens.
Also,
this commonly used "not taking care of their families" excuse has no
merit with Bahamians who are single without kids and/or persons who are
only responsible to them self. (e.g. sterile persons/couples, divorced
persons, widows/widowers, retirees) or any other Bahamian who has no
family members to be responsible for.
How can the "not take
care of their families" excuse apply to these Bahamians as again, there
are many Bahamians who have no family to take care off and fit the
above description?
Most importantly, how can the supposed powers
that be or any average Bahamian/non-Bahamian prejudge another mans
actions unless their name is Miss Cleo, and we all know how that turned
out?
In addition, how can a small minority of Bahamians who's
examples of poor judgment in the way they managed their money at a
small scale horse race track be used as an excuse to prevent all
Bahamians from playing in a casino/casino resort in the Bahamas as all
Bahamians and tourists regardless of race are equal?
I also
stated the fact that since all Bahamians finally achieved the right to
gamble in the casinos/casino resorts for almost two years after
Majority Rule Day (between 1967-1969) along with the fact that the
Hobb* Hors* Hal* Rac* closed down for good in 1978, why is it that
every single person who agrees with discrimination against Bahamians
state that the primary reason why Bahamians are automatically
disqualified from playing in the casino was because of the Hobb* Hors*
Hal* Rac* Trac* even though Bahamians were barred from casino gambling
9 years prior (1969)?
In the event that you are unaware of a
small recent piece of Bahamian history when it comes to casino/casino
resort gaming in the Bahamas, the first casino to ever open its doors
in the Bahamas was the Bahamia* Clu* which opened in the 1920's by a
man named m* Mackenzi* who happened to be an American from Rhode Island
and another American named C.F. Ree*. After it was obvious that the
Bahamia* Clu* was such a successful business, a few years later after
it opened, m* Shirle* Oake* Butle* wanted to buy the Bahamia* Clu* from
m* Mackenzi* and m* C.F. Ree* to donate a large amount of her winnings
to charity. Consequently, a very powerful and influential
businessman/lawyer/politician named Si* Staffor* Sand* did everything
in his power to not make that a reality because of the fact that m*
Shirle* Oake* Butle* had no intention on retaining the legal services
of Si* Staffor* Sand*. As a result of the key role that Si* Staffor*
Sand* played, the Bahamia* Clu* was eventually sold to the Mar* Carte*
Pain* Compan* aka Paradis* Enterpris* aka Resort* Internationa* who off
course retained the legal services of Si* Staffor* Sand*.
Now
when it comes to casinos/casino resorts as we now know it in the 21st
century, the persons/companies who were directly responsible for that
include but are not limited to:
The Mont* Carl*, E* Casin*,
The Ca* Ca* Casin*, The Princes* Casin*, m* Wallac* Grove* (a convicted
stock swindler), m* Loui* Chesle* (a major Florida land developer and
compulsive gambler), m* Jame* Crosb* and m* Jac* Davi* (The Mar* Carte*
Pain* Compan* aka Paradis* Enterpris* aka Resort* Internationa*), and
one of the biggest players of all, a man by the name of m* Meye* Lansk*
(the boss), m* Mik* Mclane* (a helicopter pilot and the right hand man
of m* Meye* Lansk*) m* Din* Cellin* and m* Eddi* Cellin* (the managers
who worked closely under m* Lansk*) and the rest of m* Meye* Lansk*’s
crew who came to the Bahamas in the early 1960’s from Cuba after
President Batist* lost to President Castr* in the 1959 Cuban elections
which resulted in President Castr* shutting down all of the Cuban
casinos/casino resorts which were brought to Cuba by President Batist*
and ran by m* Meye* Lansk* and crew prior to the 1959 Cuban elections.
(Despite
it all, even though he was an ex-convict with a very long rap sheet who
the FBI desperately wanted to put away for good but could not do so
since he operated from the Bahamas, the fact is whether we want to
admit it or not, m* Meye* Lansk* came to the Bahamas and was directly
responsible for many Churches, schools, businesses and other structures
that were built by him from his gambling proceeds).
What I would
like to know is how could any Bahamian (especially those who work
directly or indirectly in the gaming industry of the Bahamas) say that
if Bahamians had 100% access in the Gaming Industry of the Bahamas, all
Bahamians will not take care of their families or attempt to use that
as a logical enough reason to not allow all Bahamians to play in the
casinos/casino resorts as they are the very same persons who promote
and contribute to the tourists coming from their countries to do the
very same thing they don’t want Bahamians to do?
What about
the tourists that come here to gamble at Atlanti*,Crysta* Palac*, Fou*
Seaso*,Bimin* Ba* Resor* an* Casin*, Isl* O* Capr* Casin* or any other
casino/casino resort?
When the tourists come here and lose all
of their money in the local casinos/casino resorts, what about their
families back home?
(I can guarantee you that any Bahamian who
justifies discrimination against them self who is still directly
promoting the message of the UBP is living proof of how they were and
are still victims of being brainwashed for the purpose of racism and
stupidity.)
His response to all of my questions was simple.
He
stated that back then and presently, the Bahamian government along with
the rest of the Bahamians who work directly or indirectly for the
casinos/casino resorts could care less about the families of the
tourists back home who lose their monies here in the casinos/casino
resorts but rather, the Bahamian government and the rest of the
Bahamians continue to encourage the tourist to lose all their monies in
the casinos/casino resorts, as all of the Bahamians who work directly
or indirectly for the casinos/casino resorts support gambling 100%
because if they did not, they would not contribute to the success of a
company that provides gambling which is obvious as these persons only
care about filling up their pockets no matter what their role is in the
casino/casino resorts whether it be:
(CASINO DEALERS, SHUTTLE
BUS/SUV/LIMO DRIVERS, SECURITY GUARDS, GAMING BOARD EMPLOYEES, PIT
BOSSES, COOKS, PIT CLERKS, FRONT DESK AGENTS, POOL STAFF, WAITOR OR
WAITRESS, BELL BOYS, MAIDS, SPACE CLEANERS, SLOT MACHINE
ATTENDANTS/TECHNICIANS, DISH WASHERS, CASINO CREDIT UNION EMPLOYEES,
LANDSCAPERS, PAINTERS, SPORTS BOOK EMPLOYEES, GARBAGE BOYS, CASINO
SECURITY, ACCOUNTING, among others etc) as they are all contributing to
the bottom line of the success of the casino/casino resort and more
importantly, the gaming industry of the Bahamas.
Each role
(regardless of whether or not you directly work in the casino
department of a casino/casino resort) is vital as you are still
contributing to the bottom line regardless of how minor you think your
role may be.
By the way, for those who don’t want to accept that or do not understand that, here is a simple explanation for you:
A human has body parts/organs.
Every part/organ in the human body must play their role and if not, what would happen to the human body?
The
human would either become sick or even worse; the human would die if
the body parts/organs don’t play their role no matter how big or small
the role of each body part/organ may be because at the end of it all,
each role is very much important to the life and health of the human.
I then explained to him that how could persons who claim that they are Christians:
Firstly,
work in places like the Gamin* Boar*, the Casin* Credi* Unio*,
Atlanti*, Crysta* Palac* or any casino/casino resort or other
businesses that are directly or indirectly affiliated with gambling
since Christians are so outspoken and opposed to all forms of Gambling.
Secondly, how could the persons who claim to be Christians that
are opposed to gambling in the Bahamas work at those locations
mentioned above agreeing with a "DONT CARE FOR THE TOURISTS FAMILIES
BACK HOME AFTER THEY LOSE ALL OF THEIR MONEY HERE IN OUR LOCAL
NON-BAHAMIAN OWNED CASINO RESORTS AND GO BACK HOME UNABLE TO TAKE CARE
OF THEIR FAMILIES” kind of thinking.
Bottom line is as I stated
before on other threads, I am totally against racism and
discrimination. I am not a gambler but honestly, you cannot force
people to believe in what you believe in and understand that everyone
(Bahamian and tourist) must equally legally have the right to make
their own decisions on how they as adults want to spend their own money
within the context of the law.
In other words, as long as it’s not a crime for all, everyone should have the same right as others in a democracy.
Now
I will also add that legal or not, I feel that everyone has to answer
for themselves when that certain time comes but any and every human
being should equally be allowed to play in any casino/casino resort in
the Bahamas if they wish.
On the other hand, I feel that the job
of any person who claims to be a true Christian that is opposed to all
forms of gambling is to not facilitate or promote gambling by working
at those very same places where gambling, alcohol, smoking or any other
location that does not glorify God but rather, go to those very
locations to encourage lost persons to not promote, work, or engage in
any of the above mentioned, and then let the lost person make their own
decision.
However, if it is legal for a certain set of people
to do something in the Bahamas and illegal for another set of people to
do something in the Bahamas because of their nationality, (regardless
of whatever the activity is we may feel that is not moral or in Gods
eyes), since its quite obvious that racism and discrimination are being
used in regards to Bahamians not being able to play in the
casinos/casino resorts in the Bahamas, I now realize that unless
gambling is outlawed for all Bahamians and tourists straight across the
board or vice versa in the Bahamas, gambling cannot be compared to
illegal drugs, illegal guns, prostitution, murder, rape etc, because
those activities/crimes are illegal in the Bahamas for all
nationalities and not illegal for Bahamians only.
I guess what I
am saying may come as a shock to some but the reason why I am against
the present law is because its obvious that racism and discrimination
are being used and its unbelievable that the excuse given for it to
last this long is still being accepted by some Bahamians (in which Si*
Rowlan* Symonett*, Si* Staffor* Sand* and others) legacy still lives on
strong today in the Bahamas through them, because again, its so
unbelievable that some Bahamians actually think that the excuses given
by the supposed leaders of this country back in the 60's and present,
is a logical enough reason for those select Bahamians to accept
discrimination against them self in their own country.
I know
one thing though, how in the world can the Bahamian government tell me
that because of my Bahamian nationality, if I wanted to play in a
casino/casino resort in the Bahamas, I cannot do so because I am a
Bahamian?
That is totally ridiculous, nothing to do with
Religion, Christianity or anything else, that is unacceptable and a
slap in my face, your face and the rest of the faces of the Bahamian
people as we are all being treated like second class citizens.
Now for those of you who may not know:
Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Individual
CHAPTER III PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
15. Fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual.
26. Protection from discrimination on the grounds of race, etc.
1.
Subject to the provision of paragraph (4), (5) and (9) of this Article
no law shall make any provision which is discriminatory either of
itself or in its effect.
2. Subject to the provisions of
paragraphs (6), (9) and (10) of this Article, no person shall be
treated in a discriminatory manner by any person acting by virtue of
any written law or in the performance of the function of any public
office or any public authority.
3. In this Article, the
expression "discriminatory" means affording different treatment to
different person attributable wholly or mainly to their respective
descriptions by race, place of origin political opinions colour or
creed whereby person of one such description are subjected to
disabilities or restrictions to which person of another such
description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or
advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such
description.
Then here is where the contradiction comes in:
4. Paragraph (1) of this Article shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision-
for
authorizing the granting of licenses or certificates permitting the
conduct of a lottery, the keeping of a gaming house or the carrying on
of gambling in any of its forms subject to conditions which impose upon
persons who are citizens of The Bahamas disabilities or restriction to
which other persons are not made subject.
Along with another contradiction:
If
you live in the Bahamas or possess/require a permit to engage in
gainful occupation to make money in the Bahamas under the provisions of
any statute regulating immigration, is the holder of a permanent
residence certificate granted under any statute regulating immigration,
is ordinarily a resident in the Bahamas, is engaged in any business or
profession, is employed for gain, is in the employment of the
government of the Bahamas, under 18 along with every tourist who is
married to anyone fitting in the descriptions mentioned above, you
cannot play in any casino/casino resort in the Bahamas.
My
question is what is the purpose of The Protection of Fundamental Rights
and Freedoms of the Individual if it is doing the exact opposite of
what it was intended to do?
With that said, what about m* So* Kerzne*, m* Sarki* Izmirlia* or any of the other owners of the casino resorts in the Bahamas.
Are
they allowed to play in their own casino/casino resorts in the Bahamas
or any of their competitor’s casinos/casino resorts in the Bahamas
since they (the owners of the casino's/casino resort's are obviously
engaged in a business/profession in the Bahamas as the law states?
What
about the fact that if m* So* Kerzne*, m* Sarki* Izmirilia* or any
other casino/casino resort owner in the Bahamas wanted to marry a
Bahamian?
Would they still be allowed to play in their own
casino/casino resort or any other casino/casino resort in the Bahamas
since they chose to marry a Bahamian?
You mean to tell me that
not only Bahamians but the foreign owners of the casinos/casino resorts
in the Bahamas are also being discriminated against because of the laws
in the Bahamas?
Does this mean that the owners of the
casinos/casino resorts are being prevented by law from marrying the
Bahamian person they love because of the fact that if they do marry a
Bahamian, the lottery and gaming act and the constitution of the
Bahamas would automatically disqualify them from playing in every
casino/casino resort in the Bahamas?
Come on people, even the
owners of the casino/casino resorts are being discriminated against
when it comes to them having the right to marry a Bahamian and still be
able to freely play in any casino/casino resort in the Bahamas if they
wish. Not only that, this form of discrimination does not only apply to
the owners of the casinos/casino resorts, this also applies to every
tourist who either recently or over the years, visited and played in
the local casinos/casino resorts who fell in love with a Bahamian and
since they eventually married the Bahamian they love, they
automatically forfeit all of their rights to play in any casino/casino
resort in the Bahamas.
I am against discrimination whether it
is towards me (a Bahamian), every other Bahamian and/or every other
tourist and it's unbelievable that even the non-Bahamian owners of the
casinos/casino resorts and the tourists are being discriminated against
in the Bahamas and that is also wrong.
Anyway, is there anyone
(especially my learned brothers and sisters in the legal profession)
who has any other input on the above topic or answers to some of the
questions I asked and most importantly, why this is the case in the
Bahamas?
I guess to sum it up, we all have the late Si* Rowlan*
Symonett*, Si* Staffor* Sand* (and the rest of the supposed leaders or
persons who had the ability to correct this wrong) to thank for the way
the present gaming laws are in the Bahamas, as everyone one of their
successors continue to carry on the legacy of the UBP from back then to
now when it comes to gaming in the Bahamas as we Bahamians are all
still victims of the policies of Si* Rowlan* Symonett* and Si* Staffor*
Sand*, (the very same men whose faces are/were on our Bahamian
currency.)
Again, gambling is not illegal in the Bahamas so the
question of whether or not gambling should be legalized in the Bahamas
is puerile.
We do not have to legalize gambling in the Bahamas
or ask the question over and over if we should legalize gambling in the
Bahamas because gambling has been legal in the Bahamas since the
1920's.
We have casinos/casino resorts, a gaming board, a
casino credit union and other obvious examples that gambling (the
gaming industry of the Bahamas) is presently legal in the Bahamas.
In
addition, for all of you who may not know, below are just a few of the
various forms of gambling (Games of Chance) which are presently legal
in the Bahamas for all Bahamians and tourists of all ages (with one
exception when it comes to craps at the carnival) to again legally
participate in :
Purchasing Shares in the local or foreign stock market (All nationalities and ages)
Over and Under (Craps) at the Carnival every December and January (All nationalities 18 and over)
Scratch and Win Give “A” Ways (All nationalities and ages)
Bingo (All nationalities and ages)
Raffles (All nationalities and ages)
Internet Gaming (All nationalities and ages, no internet gaming law exists to say otherwise)
Sweepstakes (All nationalities and ages).
For those of you who do not know what a Sweepstakes is, hopefully this will answer all of your questions.
Sweepstakes:
1. a race or other contest for which the prize consists of the stakes contributed by the various competitors.
2. the prize itself.
3.
a lottery in which winning tickets are selected at random, each
winning-ticket number then being matched to one of the horses nominated
for or entered in a specific race, and the amounts paid the winners
being determined by the finishing order of the horses that run.
4. LOTTERY def. 2.
5.
any gambling transaction in which each of a number of persons
contributes a stake, and the stakes are awarded to one or several
winners.
6. a risky venture that promises large rewards: the high-tech sweepstakes.
Here
is an example of a Sweepstakes which was recently available on the link
below to all Bahamian adults and children in which all Bahamians were
advised of their last chance to enter as time was running out:
www.**************.com
Again, don’t forget the kids can participate in the sweepstakes to:
Princess of the Universe (ages 8-15)
There
is a lot of talk about Climate Change. As Princess of your universe,
what are you and your friends doing to protect your island?
Miss University Registration for me and a friend
Compliments of The Ministry of Tourism
Matching Mommy & Daughter Hand Bags
Compliments of Bahama Out Hand Prints
Tickets to an age-appropriate concert at Atlantis with a Friend and Chaperone
Compliments of Bahama Out Islands Promotion Board
Deportment/Modeling and Etiquette Classes
Compliments of Yodephy
* Bahamasair tickets to Nassau (if winner is from a Family Island)
In
addition, the link below will show all of the winners for the recent
sweepstakes that were available to Bahamian adults and children:
www.************.com
Now
on the other hand, the only form gaming in the Bahamas that is 100% off
limits to all Bahamian adults, all Bahamian children and all tourists
that are married to Bahamians is casino gaming (gambling in the
casino/casino resort) which is only available to tourists 18 and over
who are not married to Bahamians.
Oh, one minor thing I would like to point out before I conclude.
I
would like to let you know how the father of this nation "Si* Lnde*
Pindlin*" played a key role in the way the gaming laws presently are
when it comes to Bahamians being discriminated against in their own
country.
Shortly after majority rule day, Si* Lynde* Pindlin*
changed his mind about getting rid of the casinos/casino resorts in the
Bahamas and instead, he allowed the casinos/casino resorts to continue
operating in the Bahamas which were initially brought to the Bahamas in
the early 60's by the U.B.P. (Si* Staffor* Sand*, Si* Rolan* Symonett*
and crew) and the previously mentioned internationally known ex-convict
mob boss named m* Meye* Lansk*, his right hand ex-convict associate m*
Mik* Mclane* among others of the same character (fyi, m* Mik* Mclane*
also happens to be the very same man who was responsible for Si* Lynde*
Pindlin* helicopter travel around the Bahamas during his election
campaign in 1966/67), along with Si* Lynde* Pindlin* retaining the
services of the American public relations firm "Hil* & Knowlto*" to
promote his message of Bahamian casino gambling around the world for
tourists to see and to come and participate in (off course this
excluded Bahamians as you will see the full story why shortly.)
(FYI,
Hil* & Knowlto* was the same public relations firm who was in the
right hand pocket of Si* Staffor* Sand* (the arch enemy of Si* Lynde*
Pindlin*) a few days before being shockingly retained by Si* Lynde*
Pindlin*.)
During this time of equality that Bahamians were
finally enjoying after a long struggle for freedom and equality on
Majority Rule Day in 1967, their short lived privileges to exercise
their right to play in a casino/casino resort in the Bahamas was all of
a sudden stopped because in 1969, the unthinkable occurred.
Si*
Lynde* Pindlin* and crew visited the British government in 1969 to
supposedly fine tune the Bahamian constitution for numerous reasons in
which one reason in particular truly stood out to be the most shocking
of all, not only to the entire British commonwealth, but to the rest of
the world.
Apart from the fact that Si* Lynde* Pindlin* wanted
to amend the constitution in order for him to have complete control
over the Police Force, most shockingly:
Si* Lynde* Pindlin*
went to the British government with the intention of preventing all
Bahamians from being able to play in any casino/casino resort in the
Bahamas but rather, only allow that right to tourists that are not
married to Bahamians.
The entire British government that was
present at that meeting of epic proportions (especially the colonial
secretary) was in tremendous state of confusion.
They all
wanted to know if the prime minister of the Bahamas "Si* Lynde*
Pindlin*" had lost his mind to request discriminating against his own
people yet alone, British citizens (which they all were at that
meeting) as this meeting occurred in 1969 (before the supposed
independence of the Bahamas from the British which occurred a few years
later.)
The British government repeatedly asked Si* Lynde*
Pindlin* if he realized what in the world he was doing because again,
they thought Si* Lynde* Pindlin* had lost his mind because of the fact
that he was promoting discrimination (not only against the Bahamian
people he was supposed to be representing), but again, they could not
believe that Si* Lynde* Pindlin* was promoting discrimination against
himself.
Do you know what the most interesting part was?
The
British government rejected his highly unexpected and shocking request
and told him that he cannot be serious to request discriminating
against British citizens (which all Bahamians were at that time in
1969) because the members of the British government were obviously
British citizens as well, along with the fact that the Bahamian
constitution clearly stated that no British/Bahamian citizen could be
discriminated against for any reason in the Bahamas.
After the
British government officials conducted further discussions in trying to
figure why Si* Lynde* Pindlin* would request to discriminate against
himself and his own people, they then informed Si* Lynde* Pindlin* that
since he is in fact the prime minister of the Bahamas along with the
fact that since he was so determined to discriminate against his own
people, he was advised by them (the British government) to start over
and to get a team of lawyers to try to get around the fact that no
person should be discriminated against (including himself) in his own
country, and to come back when he does find away around it.
(By
the way, the British government still gave Si* Lynde* Pindlin* the
benefit of the doubt because of the fact that they were not expecting
him to carry out his initial request of taking away a big portion of
equality which his people had fought so hard for when Majority Rule Day
occurred because they truly thought that Si* Lynde* Pindlin* was not in
his right mind at the time of his request).
Later and to the
shocking surprise of the British Government, Si* Lynde* Pindlin* did in
fact come back with his very same request written in new form with the
assistance of a few local lawyers with the very same message of
discrimination against his own Bahamian citizens, (which today proves
how determined he was to discriminate against his own people) as the
law preventing Bahamians from playing in a casino/casino resort was
eventually passed by the British government to their amusement because
again, the British Government was so confused with the fact that Si*
Lynde* Pindlin* was throwing away the message that he preached when
Bahamians fought to obtain equality on Majority Rule Day.
As
we can all see to this day, Si* Lynde* Pindlin* was successful in
creating one of the most contradictory constitutions in a supposed
democratic country to ever in exist in the world.
Proof of that is the fact that this contradictory law still exists today in the 21st century.
Now
here is a classic example of how money can compromise one to promote
discrimination against him, myself, and you whomever you are reading
this, his family and his friends, my family and my friends, your family
and your friends and every other Bahamian as it is so obvious that
money and hate are behind his comments below.
Why on May 6th
2009 would the president of the Bahamas hotel association (who
allegedly also happens to be a Bahamian which is even more shocking)
announce to the entire world (via the media/internet) state that he and
his association supports a national lottery along with agreeing to
support legal foreign residents being allowed to gamble in the local
casinos/casino resorts but yet, his association along with himself
supports discriminating against Bahamian citizens from gambling in the
casinos/casino resorts in the Bahamas?
Why when recently asked
by a local reporter the question about the hotels not wanting Bahamians
in their hotels, the president of the Bahamas hotel association replied:
"I
don't see how you can say that. Our casinos and our hotel facilities
are public places. And we invite Bahamians to participate in a number
of the ventures that we have — whether it's our restaurants, our bars,
our entertainment facilities. The bottom line is that the law as it
presently stands do not allow Bahamians to gamble in casinos."
Why
would the president of the Bahamas hotel association use a scapegoat
distraction to cover the fact that the response given clearly has
nothing to do with the question of why Bahamians cannot gamble in the
casinos/casino resorts?
Off course the law states that
Bahamians cannot gamble in the casinos/casino resorts and off course
Bahamians can go into the hotels restaurants, bars and entertainment
facilities.
However, what does the restaurants, bars and the
entertainment facilities have to do with Bahamians gambling in the
casinos/casino resorts on the tables, the slot machines or in the
sports book like every other nationality can?
More importantly,
if the president of the Bahamas hotel association and the rest of his
association are so concerned about the law stating that Bahamians are
not allowed to gamble in the casinos/casino resorts, why is it that
they are so focused on changing the law to allow a nationality lottery
in the Bahamas and to only allow legal foreign residents to gamble in
the local casinos/casino resorts but on the other hand, continue to
support discrimination against me and the rest of my fellow Bahamian
citizens from gambling in the casinos/casino resorts in which all of
the casino resorts are in the same hotel association that he is the
president off?
What about legal foreign residents that are married to Bahamian citizens?
This
means that the president of the Bahamas hotel association would support
Jill (a legal foreign resident) being allowed to gamble in the local
casinos/casino resorts but on the other hand, he and his association
would not support her husband Jack (a Bahamian citizen) being allowed
to gamble in the same local casino/casino resort?
What about Jill’s children who were born in the Bahamas that is now 18 and/or over?
Why
should Jill’s husband and children (who are now adults 18 years of age
or older) not have the same right to play in the local casinos/casino
resorts that Jill would be allowed to play in or vice versa if Jack was
the legal foreign resident and Jill was a Bahamian citizen?
What kind of message is the president of the Bahamas hotel association and the rest of his association trying to preach?
Why
is it that the president of the Bahamas hotel association and the rest
of his association are not focused on changing the present gaming laws
in the Bahamas to allow every human being the right to freely chose
whether or not they want to play in the local casinos/casino resorts in
the Bahamas based on their own individual actions rather than promoting
persons to be automatically disqualified based on their country of
origin?
It has to make you wonder if there is something more to
this that if I was to type it on the internet, "......... .. ........
...".
What’s more amazing is the fact that the non-Bahamian
owner of the same casino resort that the president of the Bahamas hotel
association is an employee for announced to the world on June 8th, 2009
(a few weeks later) that he on the other hand welcomes all Bahamians to
play in his casino resort. He added that gaming in the Bahamas
continues to be hurt by outdated laws that fail to make the
jurisdiction competitive.
Not only that, what's even more
amazing is the fact that on August 4th, 2009 (almost three months after
the president of the Bahamas hotel association announced his support
for discrimination against Bahamian citizens), the president and
managing director of another casino resort in the Bahamas stated that
he to would be open to the idea of locals being able to gamble at the
property as there is a need for an urgent review of the regulations to
make the Bahamas a more competitive gaming jurisdiction. He also stated
that any new segments of potential business that could be opened up
would be useful for the casinos, whether it's permanent residents or
legal residents or whether it's all Bahamian citizens.
More
importantly, he added that the minute table games were allowed to be
installed at the Seminol* India* Casin*, the Har* Roc* Casin* in
Florida, and gaming was added into all the Rac* Trac** in Florida, it
certainly impacted us here in the Bahamas because people from Florida
who used to come down every weekend for a little fling, now instead of
every weekend maybe they'd come once every two months because it's
easier to just drive from their house down the street, so we've really
been impacted there. Also, he suggested that in some cases, the
recommendations made by the Bahamas Hotel Association would be just
enough to keep the casino the he manages operating on an even keel.
The
bottom line is this, even the non-Bahamian owners of the casino resorts
are open to the idea of welcoming all Bahamians to play in their own
casino resorts as this would result in more revenue for the casino
resorts, more jobs for Bahamians and no need for a major casino resort
to close down for two months or to have their staff on reduced work
days/weeks with sections of their resorts closed for weeks/months
because of a lack of revenue.
It makes me wonder even more why
the president of the Bahamas hotel association (who again is allegedly
a Bahamian) would not want all Bahamians to have the right as all
tourists that are not married to Bahamians to play in the
casinos/casino resorts even though the non-Bahamian owners of the
casino resorts makes it quite clear that they are both open to the idea
of Bahamians gambling in their casino resorts.
Now if the
president of the Bahamas hotel association feels that he cannot control
himself while playing in a casino/casino resorts around tourists, then
what he can do is exclude himself from the rest of the civilized
Bahamians who do know how to conduct themselves accordingly as every
Bahamian should have the right to do what a non-Bahamian can legally do
in the Bahamas and each person should be judged based on their own
individual actions rather than classing an entire nationality in a box
which is in no way fair.
Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!
Firstly,
the UBP, the PLP and the FNM are all equally responsible for allowing
laws to exist back then and present that discriminates against their
own people because none of the current political parties (the PLP and
FNM) has yet to make an attempt to do anything to correct this wrong to
this day in the 21st century.
They are all equally responsible.
Here is the proof again:
CHAPTER 387
An Act to regulate lotteries and gaming and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Again,
as I already mentioned above, who went to the British Government for
approval to create this discriminatory law and in what year was this
done?
Here is proof below:
[Assent 17th April, 1969]
[Commencement 1st August, 1969]
8 of 1969
Which political party was in office when this was done?
Who was the Prime Minister of the Bahamas in 1969?
You can answer that for yourself.
1 of 1971
2 of 1972
13 of 1974
E.L.A.O., 1974
19 of 1975
7 of 1977
3 of 1978
18 of 1988
21 of 1988
Which political party was in office between 1971 and 1988?
Again, you can answer that for yourself.
27 of 1995
14 of 2001
Which
political party was in office in 1995 and 2001 that had the ability to
get rid of this discriminatory law but refused to do so?
The answer is obvious.
The
above is why both the PLP and the FNM are equally guilty of
creating/allowing laws to exist that discriminate against their own
citizens and tourists who are married to their citizens.
For
those who refuse to accept that or believe that, the proof is directly
above as both the PLP and FNM made numerous amendments to the Lottery
and Gaming Act between 1969 and 2001 but yet, this discriminatory law
still exists in the 21st century.
Secondly, in the event that
any person (including you reading this) disagrees with any or
everything that was indicated above, please feel free to visit this
website below and I would also like to issue an open challenge for
anyone to prove that any information above is not fact and if you are
successful in anyway in proving otherwise, I will be more than happy to
make the necessary correction/s as this is not about being right or
wrong, this is about sharing 100% facts and more importantly, Bahamians
and non-Bahamians being treated equally:
http://laws.bahamas.gov.bs/
statutes/....html#Ch387s50
Again,
the above link will highlight the fact that in the Lottery and Gaming
Act Chapter 387 section 50 disqualifies all Bahamians and tourists that
are married to Bahamians from playing in any casino/casino resort in
the Bahamas.
With that said, I will leave you with these few
questions for you to think about and to ask those who directly have the
power to correct this wrong against their own people what do they plan
on doing about it:
1) Should you as a Bahamian have the right to play in a casino/casino resort in the Bahamas?
2)
Should m* So* Kerzne*, m* Sarki* Izmirilia* or any other owner of a
casino/casino resort in the Bahamas have the right to marry a Bahamian
and still be allowed to play in any casino/casino resort in the Bahamas?
3)
Should every tourist that marries a Bahamian or is already married to a
Bahamian have the right to play in any casino/casino resort in the
Bahamas?
4) Why should I have to give up my Bahamian citizenship
and obtain citizenship from another country e.g. Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba,
Trinidad, America, Africa etc, why must I obtain citizenship in those
countries and be forced to give up my Bahamian citizenship in order to
play in any casino/casino resort in my own country, the Bahamas? Why?
5)
If in fact the RBPF was to conduct a so called raid at an internet cafe
and do in fact arrest the Bahamians found in that business, what about
the tourist that are also found in the internet cafe? Would the tourist
also be arrested and charged? Is it illegal for a tourist to buy
numbers in an internet café in the Bahamas?
6) If a non-Bahamian
(including any of the owners of the local casinos/casino resorts e.g.
m* So* Kerzne*, m* Sarki* Izmirilia* etc) if they were to open up an
internet cafe and Bahamians and tourists were buying numbers in their
internet cafes, would they (the non-Bahamian owners of the internet
cafes) be arrested, charged, pay fines or face prison time and would
all of their customers (Bahamian and tourists) be arrested, charged and
have to pay fines and/or face prison time as well?
7) Can a
person play in a casino/casino resort in the Bahamas if they have dual
citizenship? (Bahamian citizenship and citizenship for any other
country at the same time)
8) Can a tourist (who does not reside
in the Bahamas) that is employed by the local casinos/casino resorts
(e.g. Isl* O* Capr* Casin*, Bimin* Ba* Resor* an* Casin*, Atlanti*,
Crysta* Palac*, Fou* Season* or any others), are these tourists who
live in other countries who are employed by these local casinos/casino
resorts, are they allowed to play in the local casino/casino resorts
when they visit the Bahamas? (Even if they are not allowed to play in
their own company's casino/casino resort because of their own company’s
rules which is understandable, legally, are they allowed to play in any
of the other local casinos/casino resorts?)
9) Why is it that
when a tourist does it in the Bahamas, its right or legal, but when a
Bahamian does the exact same thing in the Bahamas, its wrong or illegal?
10)
Why was Si* Lnde* Pindlin* so determined to create a law to
discriminate against his own people which is the ultimate form of
non-empowerment? Was there an ulterior motive behind him doing so?
11) Why is the Bahamas apartheid?
12)
Will the time ever come for the Bahamas to no longer be the only
apartheid nation to exist in the world (excluding communist countries)
and to finally become a 100% democratic country?
13) Is there
any church/church leaders in the Bahamas who states over and over that
are diametrically opposed to all forms of gaming in the Bahamas that
requires there members to declare where their members monies for tithes
and offerings come from and after discovering that those monies came
from the gaming industry in the Bahamas, do those churches/church
leaders refuse to accept those monies made from the gaming industry?
14) Are Bahamians allowed to cash in casino chips at the cashiers cages in the local casinos/casino resorts?
15)
If the answer is yes to question 14, is there a cut off amount in the
value of casino chips that a Bahamian can cash at the cashiers cages in
the casinos/casino resorts?
16) How do you feel about the
president of the Bahamas hotel association regarding his message of
discrimination against Bahamian citizens, while on the other hand, only
showing his absolute support for every other foreign born person living
in the Bahamas (legal foreign residents, temporary holders of work
permits etc) to play in the local casinos/casino resorts?
17)
Again, since all Bahamians finally achieved the right to gamble in the
casinos/casino resorts for almost two years after Majority Rule Day
(between 1967-1969) along with the fact that the Hobb* Hors* Hal* Rac*
closed down for good in 1978, why is it that every single person who
agrees with discrimination against Bahamians state that the primary
reason why Bahamians were barred from playing in the casino was because
of the Hobb* Hors* Hal* Rac* Trac* even though Bahamians are
automatically disqualified from casino gambling 9 years prior (1969)?
18) Can a person without citizenship in any country play in a casino/casino resort in the Bahamas?
To
break it down for you, I have nothing but love for all of my Haitian
brothers and sisters who have and continue to make positive
contributions to the Bahamian society but I would like to use their
nationality as an example for this question because of the frequent
amount of times that this unfortunately occurs in the Bahamas.
As
you know, if a male or female is born and raised in the Bahamas after
July 10th, 1973 to parents who are not Bahamian citizens but instead,
because of the fact that both of their parents were born in Haiti, in
order for the child of these Haitian parents to become a Bahamian
citizen, they must apply at the age of 18 and before the age of 19.
If
their application to become a Bahamian citizen/resident is denied, or
if they applied for Bahamian citizenship after the age of 19 which
would automatically disqualify them from obtaining Bahamian
citizenship, since they are not legally recognized in the Bahamas as
Bahamian citizens or residents because of a denied application, are
they allowed to play in any casino/casino resort in the Bahamas?
19)
Why does the present Bahamian government in 2009 continue to prevent
all Bahamians from proudly representing their country in their own
country (the Bahamas) when the local casinos/casino resorts host the
widely and internationally watched championship round poker tournaments
held in our local casinos/casino resorts?
The Atlanti* Hote* an*
Casin* Resor* recently hosted the Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure
Championship Finale held on January 11th, 2009 and the even more
popular and world renowned World Series of Poker Tournament
Championship Finale which was held on January 4th, 2007 along with the
fact that both of those tournaments among others will return to the
Bahamas for other Championship Finales because of the tremendous
success that they have in the Bahamas.
In fact, the next major
poker tournament (the Sports Legends Challenge Poker Tournament) hosted
by Suga* Ra* Leonar*, Tro* Aikma*, Karee* Abdu* Jabba*, Richar* Pett*
and a few others which is being presented by Absolute Poker is
scheduled to be held at the Atlanti* Hote* an* Casin* Resor* between
September 14-17 2009.
Bahamians who participate in these and
other world class poker tournaments all over the world could not even
participate in the championship finales of those two previous poker
tournaments and all other future international championship poker
tournaments (including the upcoming Sports Legends Challenge) because
these tournaments are being are held in their own country (the Bahamas).
Why
does the Bahamian government continue to prevent all professional
Bahamian poker players from participating and having their rightful
opportunity to be crowned champion in the championship rounds of the
poker tournaments held in their own country (the Bahamas) despite the
fact that this would give the Bahamas even more free and priceless
advertisement for future tourism?
Why?
That was a
tremendous golden opportunity that was missed to obtain more free
advertisement for the Bahamas when we hosted those previous two poker
tournaments and many others especially if one of our talented Bahamians
who would have won the championship finale in the Bahamas but its not
too late, like I said above, the Sports Legends Challenge Poker
Tournament is just a few months away.
20) For those of you who
continue to use the issue of space as an excuse to justify
discrimination, here is the reason why you are wrong.
Yes, the
casinos/casino resorts would be extra full of people and not only on
weekends but weeknights as well because remember now, Bahamians of
Black, White, Asian, Spanish and Indian decent are people too.
Guess
what else, obviously that would be a good thing because the purpose of
any business is to make money and if their business if filled with
paying customers with limited space, guess what else again, that’s a
good problem, thus the need to expand, more jobs, more money making, no
need for your casino/casino resort to place their staff on reduced work
days/weeks and the list goes on and on etc.
Look at the Crysta*
Palac* Resor* an* Casin* for example, that casino is practically empty,
the staff there are on reduced days/weeks and they plan on closing for
2 months but if that casino where filled with not only tourists but
Bahamian citizens, residents, work permit holders and tourists that are
married to Bahamians as well, (because presently none of us fitting
under those descriptions can fill up the casinos), why would there be a
need for that casino resort to close down for 2 months if they are
filled with paying customers?
I would hope that if any person
where to go into business, their goal would not be to have as little
customers as possible with all the space in the world not being
utilized.
That just doesn’t make any sense to me and I would
think that any true professional businessman/woman would not feel that
way as well.
So what about you as a businessman/woman?
Is your goal to have as little amounts of paying customers and make as little money/profits as possible or the opposite?
21) After reading the information above, this question goes to everyone who is opposed to all forms/types of gambling:
Would you 100% fully support the Government if they were to:
a)
Shut down all of the over and under/craps tables presently available at
the Carnival which comes to the Bahamas every December/January? (Yes/No)
b) Discontinue allowing all businesses located in the Bahamas the right to conduct scratch and win giveaways? (Yes/No)
c)
Discontinue allowing the Church/Civic Organizations/schools/local
businesses the right to conduct Raffles and/or Bingo? (Yes/No)
d) Discontinue allowing all Bahamians to participate in the local/foreign stock markets?
*side
note: This comment is to any and every person who would disagree with
the local/foreign stock market being referred to as a game of
chance/gambling and who also feels that the stock market should not be
on this list. There are two words that will prove that you are taking a
chance anytime you invest your money in the stock market and these two
particular words were made even more popular because of a well known
female celebrity "Ms Marth* Stewar*" who was recently found guilty and
sentenced to prison for "CHEATING" AKA “INSIDER TRADING”. If the stock
market was not based on chance, why the need for “INSIDER TRADING” to
exist? So again, with that said, what is your answer. (Yes/No)
e) Shut down every single casino/casino resort in the Bahamas? (Yes/No)
f)
Prevent every internet gaming website from being accessible at all
locations in the Bahamas including the local casino/casino resorts and
every other local business that are presently licensed by the
government to allow their customers the right to access any gaming
website on the internet? (Yes/No)
If your answer is “YES” to all
of the above questions, then that proves that you are 100% against all
forms of “GAMES OF CHANCE/GAMBLING”, and that’s fine and that is your
right.
However, if your answer is “NO” to any of the above
questions but yet, you claim that you are opposed to all “GAMES OF
CHANCE/GAMBLING”, what does that make you?
22) I am an adult Bahamian and proud.
I
am not an uncivilized savage Bahamian who is unable to control myself
and more importantly, I know how to budget and spend my money.
Why
should I be punished for other persons who prejudge other Bahamians
that supposedly cannot control themselves and their money if that does
not apply to me?
23) What about you, are you an uncivilized
savage Bahamian over 18 years old who cannot control your spending and
your behavior around tourists in a casino resort?
24) Why in
this day and age in the 21st century do we still have to fight for an
end to discrimination as those days are supposed to be long gone, and
worst of all, why do some Bahamians support discrimination against them
self and their entire Nationality?
God Bless Our Bahama Land...
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