Why Northern Ireland’s gambling ban is fundamentally wrong

Belfast Telegraph – Never underestimate a fundamentalist. They’re not half as stupid as many people think, which makes them twice as dangerous. “Intellectual baboons”, as Richard Dawkins scathingly dismissed the Causeway creationists? If only. That makes them sound like dumb, innocent creatures, with bright pink bottoms, scampering across the African savanna, causing no harm to anyone. In reality, they wear suits, exert a disproportionate influence on social affairs in Northern Ireland and like nothing better than sticking their sin-seeking proboscis into other people’s business. Only now they do it with love, or with the appearance of love. Because these ultra-conservative…