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How Dare You Try To Feed Yourself!

Via Sploid, apparently the purveyors of gambling, showgirls and booze don’t want to deal with smut competition. Note the condescending tone of the reporter, as if such folks who’re trying to make their lives better in what ways they can should be looked down upon. What’s most confusing though, is this quote:

I have nothing against them personally and I’m aware of amendments one and three and I know they have a right to earn a living. But they should be responsible for the (trash). I spend half my day out here picking up the cards.

Okay, amendment one, yeah, that makes sense in this context. But three? Let’s see what it says, shall we?

No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

So, apparently, those casino-owning bastions of moral rectitude will have to allow the handbillers to stay…and not force said same handbillers to quarter troops in peacetime (nor in time of war).