New Zealand - you gotta be this old to have rights.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

And do you have laws that prohibit people smoking around their children?

Boru

Why are you hiding behind children?


Nothing says "my arguement sucks" more than linking it to " save the children".

Your new law still allows older people to smoke around children....

I hate gambling too. I have never gambled, at least not for money.  Stopped buying raffle tickets 30 years ago. If I want to make donation I will do so.

  A couple who were my parent's friends lost their house through addiction to poker machines. I know of many more examples

In Australia there is one legal casino in each state.  Poker machines are legal in pubs and clubs, so they're  everywhere. Many of these venues would simply not survive without poker machines. I have no problem with that. I don't mean one or two, I mean dozens in most pubs.

IMO poker machines are a public evil. It's not just the gambling addict who suffers. His/her family as well as the local community. Money which would usually be spent in the community goes to poker machine profits.