The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

I write to reflect on times past that now seem to have come upon us again.

At this stage in my life, I have been a witness to events that lead to a conversation as to what good are we to hold fast to when persons’ lives are at stake.

During the drug-fuelled years of the eighties, we weighed the good and bad with some holding fast to the good while others maintained that good came out of that time in our history.

I am reflecting on the possibility of whether the unregulated gambling era is as good as some would put it.

Yes, Robin Hood, seems to take from one fellow and hand to another fellow leaving this writer to conclude that there may be many victims and few survivors.

Let us hold ourselves accountable, would legalisation really matter if the citizenry falls prey to the wolves. Hardly anyone is speaking to addiction.

Are we as Bahamians really immune? Are there really no victims?

Yes, by all means collect the revenue much needed by our government system, but we should demand justice in the form of education and rehab with glaring warning signs because a wound has been gorged on the backs of unsuspecting Bahamians. We need to stop the bleeding.

ANTHONY JOHNSON

Nassau,

January 30, 2014.