It doesn’t fucking matter if it’s for the “greater good.” It’s about freedom. If I want to risk my bank account on a fucking coinflip, that is my right. A fundamental, unalienable right, because it’s *my money*. It is better for a BILLION fools to throw away their life saving on online gambling (no rights violated – all of them had free will and made a free choice about what to do with their money. I don’t care if they were “addicted.” They have free will and the right to make their own choices, and that right MUST be respected), than for one single individual who gambles responsibly to be denied his right to do so (rights ARE violated here.) In fact, the gap between how bad each scenario is cannot even be measured. It is infinite. ANY situation where rights are not being violated is INFINITELY better than one where even the smallest right or freedom is violated.

I’m so fucking sick of people justifying the erosion of our freedoms with this “greater good” bullshit.

Honestly, if anyone who thinks the government has the right to tell people what they can and can’t do in their personal lives would just drop the fuck dead, I wouldn’t shed a tear. Governmental attacks on rights are worse than murder, and no, that’s not an exaggeration – there is no crime worse than an assault on human rights and freedoms by a governing body. There is no greater evil in the universe. I am so, so sick of it, and anyone who finds a way to justify this atrocity. It’s a mindset that needs to be completely eradicated from society once and for all.

And for those of us with sense – I really wish we’d stop acting like “well there’s two different viewpoints here.” No, there’s not. Anyone who thinks it’s okay to throw people in fucking jail for what they choose to do with their own money is an enemy to humanity, and we shouldn’t piss on them if they were on fire. Their crime against humanity is infinite, and there is no torture they do not deserve. They are an enemy to us all, and a fly deserves life more than they do.