Most hypocrites are in church!- Caller to sports talk show
It appears that there are support for Pari-Mutuel Wagering to be introduced to Horse Racing in the Virgin Islands but according to the Minister for Sports Myron V. Walwyn, who told his political party talk show NDP radio on October 15, 2012, “the BVI is a very religious society.”
The sports show, which at the time was hosted by Tony ‘Bone Crusher’ Smith with co-host and former Legislator E. Walwyn Brewley and with Steve George a guest side kick, asked the question as to whether a poll was done to determine if the Virgin Islands (VI) is a Christian society. They said going to church does not make one a Christian.
The male caller to the show told the listening public that “we should stop the foolishness about Christian society as we are just like any other place”. The caller said in the VI we have “lottery tickets, whore houses, gambling, cock fights and there is nothing to prevent us from having pari-mutuel.”
The caller to the Sports Talk show, however, did not elaborative on what he meant by “most hypocrites are in the church.”
Virgin Islands News Online spoke to Bishop John I. Cline of the New Life Baptist Church, who said he did not care to comment much about what the caller had to say about “most hypocrites are in the church” but suggested that if he (caller) feels that persons in the church are hypocrites then maybe he and those who hold that view might want to come in to the church to “get it right”.
Background
The topic of Pari-Mutuel wagering gained some momentum when on the same sports talk show a week before, former Legislator, Government Minister and Cultural icon Mrs. Eileene L. Parsons called in and said “Pari-Mutuel has to come”.
Mrs. Parsons, a fan and supporter of VI horse racing- a sport popular amongst indigenous residents, is an advocate for pari-mutuel betting.
Mrs. Parsons told the sports talk show in her usually passionate voice, “We need to pass the legislation as it’s there already and if the topic of pari-mutuel is the issue then take it out.”
She said legislation could be passed that cover other portions of managing the racetrack such as the Horse Racing Commission while taking out the pari-mutuel item, but the bill needs to be passed.
Mrs. Parsons was frank in saying last week that “it's no sense closing our eyes and burying our heads in the sand over this issue….lots of money change hands currently on the racetrack.” She was at the time referring to man to man betting.
Mrs. Parsons, who was also instrumental when she was a Minister of Government in the upgrade of the new racetrack, asked “What are we trying to protect? Are we so holy?”
Current President of the Virgin Islands’ Horse Owner’s Association, Lesmore Smith, and owner of the L & B Stables and a former Horse Owner’s President herself, Violet ‘Letty’ Hodge, have also called on Government to introduce Pari-Mutuel wagering to the racetrack.
NDP Government's position
Mrs. Parsons, the host of NDP radio- a political show by the ruling National Democratic Party government, raised the issue on October 15, 2012 with Government.
Minister responsibility for the racetrack, Myron V. Walwyn said "We have discussed it as a group that we need to improve the track in terms of the way it is being operated. So certainly there is a controversial part that you are well aware of and we will have to be guided by the public in terms of how that is dealt with because we are a very religious society," Hon. Walwyn stated on the show.
What is Pari-Mutuel Wagering?
Pari-Mutuel betting according to research came from the French Pari Mutuel or mutual betting. It is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all winning bets. In some countries it is known as the Tote after the totalisator which calculates and displays bets already made.
The Pari-Mutuel wagering system is used in legal gambling on horse racing, greyhound racing, jai alai, and all sporting events of relatively short duration in which participants finish in a ranked order. A modified pari-mutuel system is also used in some lottery games.
Pari-Mutuel wagering is state-regulated, and offered in many places where gambling is otherwise illegal. Pari-Mutuel gambling is often also offered at "off track" facilities, where players may bet on the events without actually being present to observe them in person.
Many countries around the world and certain States in the United States of America received huge financial benefits from this and in many States in the United States and Europe the profits are use to main horse racing facilities and pay purses and help offset many national budgets.
Pari-Mutuel wagering on horse races exist in countries such as, Great Britain, USA, Barbados, Sweden, Japan, the Middle East, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, many European Union Countries, Africa, Hong Kong, South Korea, Jamaica, and Malaysia to name a few.
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On another note, hypocrites are in the workplace as they have jobs, hypocrites are men and women, boys and girls who live in houses and go to school, hypocrites have to pay bills, and hypocrites go to church to repent of their sins, so hypocrites are all over the BVI and that included everybody from top to bottom. Note the reading from 1 Timothy 1:15, KJV. "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief."