We have all heard a phrase that goes something like: "Hold'em is a game that takes a moment to learn and a lifetime to master." Or something similar to that. Well here is a new one for Poker in the Twenty-First Century:
"Internet Poker a moment to learn and a million years to regulate by every dumbass bureaucrat with half-a-brain and a moral compass made out of silly putty."
I must say the proposed Israeli solution, which is rumored to have no chance to pass the High Court of Israel, but I must say this new solution is not all that bad an idea. The proposed law unfortunately lumps poker in with pornography and "violence websites" but the idea is that they all will be blocked from any internet connection in all of Israel. However, one phone call will allow you to access any blocked site. In this way, the children are protected.
Its certainly better than an outright ban. And it really doesn't seem like much of a burden to make a call and say: "Give me naked fat chicks!" Opps! I mean: "I want my online poker please."
Whether it passes or not, this latest proposal will go into the ever growing ledger of Internet prohibition proposals by politicians who hate to allow citizens to actually exercise personal freedom. Chalk up a venial human rights sin for the Israelis.
