I guess I've heard it all now... A moral crusade to allow sports betting.

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 argument for sports betting, considering that the only legitimate argument AGAINST sports betting (and gambling in general) is the moral one.

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.

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?").

Well millions of Americans are made criminals by these types of laws. Estimated $10 billion a year are bet on Super Bowl and another $12 billion on NCAA tournament. But who cares, let's turn a blind eye to that. By driving it underground, the participants can't rely on rule of law to enforce contracts and it is instead is enforced by violence.

But who cares about that? Just as long as you can make a snide remark about an activity that may not affect you.

How much of your net worth is tied up with FanDuel/DraftKings?

That's a form of personal attack that isn't allowed here, so please don't address other users this way.