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Ever think of how many people me [censored]? Have we caused a divorce? probably... Hey I'm not for it getting banned, but we poker players have [censored] so many people out of money they shouldn't be gambling with... at least we know it is helping some people out

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They are either going to gamble it away to you... Or to a casino playing craps or baccarat.
I would rather they give it to me.

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but if there is one less way to blow their money... out of the million people who have that problem, that will help out someone. And that makes a difference

Learn to see something positive in everything

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Sounds like you have a major guilt complex. Sure, we are helping all 87 people who will cause divorces and bankruptcy for themselves, but wouldn't it have been better to ban something like tobacco that causes thousands of deaths a year? (By the way, I smoke).

What you are suggesting is that the poker lifestyle is predatory, that it feeds on the poor, addicted, degenerate, and incapicated, and that a bill preventing it will at least help these people. And by that argument you imply that people who take YEARS to learn their expertise and skill are unrightfully using fishes to earn their living. If that is your view, you might as well condemn all of business in general.

Grow up, man. Poker doesn't cause divorces and bankruptcy. Idiots do. Frist wants to protect families while allowing online horse betting and lotteries. Coming from a guy that is being investigated for other issues, this is pretty silly. You wanna argue for banning all gambling and everything else that 'hurts' humanity, you should find a better forum.

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What right do you have to make decisions for someone else?

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yep frist is a hypocritical bastard.he makes it illegal for us to play poker online and the jerk is breaking laws at the same time himself......

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Ever think of how many people me [censored]? Have we caused a divorce? probably... Hey I'm not for it getting banned, but we poker players have [censored] so many people out of money they shouldn't be gambling with... at least we know it is helping some people out

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r u crazy? porn is what we should ban. Actually religion should be the first thing to go as it ruins the most families.

Indy

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Ever think of how many people me [censored]? Have we caused a divorce? probably... Hey I'm not for it getting banned, but we poker players have [censored] so many people out of money they shouldn't be gambling with... at least we know it is helping some people out

[/ QUOTE ]What a bunch of BS ..."have we caused a divorce? probably" your an idiot if your theory is guy loses wife because he gambles and hes not to blame,its the guys who won his money lol This might be the most idiotic post ive read here.But,it gives us all a great example of the kind of thinking we are up against in this debate.Guy rapes a girl and shes to blame cause she had a short skirt on,isnt this similar to your thinking?I have another process of thought,its called being responsible for your own actions.Ponder it for awile please.

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They are either going to gamble it away to you... Or to a casino playing craps or baccarat.
I would rather they give it to me.

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How about we ban [censored] parents? That seems to be a root cause of bad things in society.

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r u crazy? porn is what we should ban.

Nah...only Gay Porn should be banned

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r u crazy? porn is what we should ban.

Nah...only Gay Porn should be banned

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Im just saying, if we are going to go around banning stuff, poker isn't the biggest stumbling block to a man's marriage.

Indy

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Ever think of how many people me [censored]? Have we caused a divorce? probably... Hey I'm not for it getting banned, but we poker players have [censored] so many people out of money they shouldn't be gambling with... at least we know it is helping some people out

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Lets ban booze.

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Ever think of how many people me [censored]? Have we caused a divorce? probably... Hey I'm not for it getting banned, but we poker players have [censored] so many people out of money they shouldn't be gambling with... at least we know it is helping some people out

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Lets ban booze.

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Let's ban pork. Let's ban fast food. Let's ban the lottery. OMFG, what about rock and roll? That [censored] is bad.

Indy

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but if there is one less way to blow their money... out of the million people who have that problem, that will help out someone. And that makes a difference

Learn to see something positive in everything

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You know what I'm tired of this PC [censored].

Your whole point is that I should look to the person standing next to me and think to myself "how can I make his life better" "How can I make the world better"

Guess what I don't care ANYTHING about the person next to me. I don't care about making the world a better place.
All I care about is me and my family.

Exa How am I going to pay the rent this month
How can I put gas in the Car
Food ???

You see these are real questions people have to ask in the REAL WORLD. I'm not a millionare I"m just like the other 90%of the world who's just trying to figure out how I"m going to make it until tommorow.

So please don't ask me to care about some guy who spent his money on something he should not have because HONESTLY with no bad feelings towards you...... I don't care I have my own problems and so do the MAJORITY of the non rich people in the world.

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What right do you have to make decisions for someone else?

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I was going to write something long and involved, but that just about sums it up.

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We should ban cars. I am tired of all this global warming along with car accidents that result in deaths.

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Is the OP a losing, divorced, degenerate gambler that has "seen the light" and now wants to reform all of us?

Ban it and I will just go play live. (if only i could go to the casino in my tidy whitey's!)

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[censored] it, in that case why don't we ban commercial airlines b/c of 9/11, ban schools b/c of Columbine and cell phones b/c of brain cancer

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Ever think of how many people me [censored]? Have we caused a divorce? probably... Hey I'm not for it getting banned, but we poker players have [censored] so many people out of money they shouldn't be gambling with... at least we know it is helping some people out

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Lets ban booze.

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Been there, done that... Didn't work.

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Ever think of how many people me [censored]? Have we caused a divorce? probably... Hey I'm not for it getting banned, but we poker players have [censored] so many people out of money they shouldn't be gambling with... at least we know it is helping some people out

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r u crazy? porn is what we should ban. Actually religion should be the first thing to go as it ruins the most families.

Indy

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ummm... why exactly should porn be banned
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This thread should have ended with BenA's first post, after he destroyed OP.

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Poker Should Be Banned

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Hey I'm not for it getting banned

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Nice

Oh, and STFU

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Name one person besides that kid in Goodlatte's state who's life has been ruined by poker.

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I'm for banning Starbuck's baristas that don't know how to time their machines and end up making crappy lattes which cost way to [censored] much to begin with.

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Ever think of how many people me [censored]? Have we caused a divorce? probably... Hey I'm not for it getting banned, but we poker players have [censored] so many people out of money they shouldn't be gambling with... at least we know it is helping some people out

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r u crazy? porn is what we should ban. Actually religion should be the first thing to go as it ruins the most families.

Indy

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ummm... why exactly should porn be banned
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This thread should have ended with BenA's first post, after he destroyed OP.

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If porn were banned, marriages would end and literally, lives would end. Hell, I might even SSKM. No porn? What kinda life would that be?

But, Indy kinda has a point. Porn is much more likely to lead to family problems than gambling is. And kids get their eyes on porn much more/easier than gambling sites.

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..... and a lot of cars are manufactured offshore too, and imported to the US,
where they are sold on credit,
that people have trouble repaying......

plus they run on foreign oil,

oh, ..... and kids sometimes have premarital sex in the back seats.

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Ever think of how many people me [censored]? Have we caused a divorce? probably... Hey I'm not for it getting banned, but we poker players have [censored] so many people out of money they shouldn't be gambling with... at least we know it is helping some people out

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You can't be serious. What is going on around here? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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pretty soon just looking at something,smelling anything or hearing nothing will be banned too.its the senses bill which states you can only breathe,smell or hear at certain times or you can go to jail.don't be eyeing that sandwhich until after ten or you'll be subject to regulations or fines.and hell to the person who dares to listen to the wind blow.it could prove very costly.and you can only have incoming calls but not outgoing.outgoing calls will be banned and incoming calls will be to in 270 days unless you live on a indian reservation.oh and you can look at horses anytime you like because thats not covered.......

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Also, while you are at it, stop driving your car. You could potentially kill someone that way.

Playing poker for the average person is entertainment, entertainment costs money, plain and simple.

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this post is just stupid

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dont play 10cent poker in your own home but its ok to put your entire net worth on a spin of a roulette wheel and lets continue to allow credit companies to extend credit until people bankrupt themselves several times overand lets continue to allow children to have all the unlimited access to porn, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, weapons they can get their hands on. bottom line make sure our government gets its cut and anything goes.

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dont play 10cent poker in your own home but its ok to put your entire net worth on a spin of a roulette wheel and lets continue to allow credit companies to extend credit until people bankrupt themselves several times overand lets continue to allow children to have all the unlimited access to porn, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, weapons they can get their hands on. bottom line make sure our government gets its cut and anything goes.

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OMFG credit card company sharks on college campuses...bad bad bad...BAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNn

Indy

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Have we caused a divorce?

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Click a mouse. Lose a spouse.

Lori

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Ever think of how many people me [censored]? Have we caused a divorce? probably... Hey I'm not for it getting banned, but we poker players have [censored] so many people out of money they shouldn't be gambling with... at least we know it is helping some people out

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r u crazy? porn is what we should ban. Actually religion should be the first thing to go as it ruins the most families.

Indy

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I like you Indy, but don't agree "adult" porn should stay [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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r u crazy? porn is what we should ban.

Nah...only Gay Porn should be banned

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Im just saying, if we are going to go around banning stuff, poker isn't the biggest stumbling block to a man's marriage.

Indy

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porn adds to my marriage, my wife watches with me [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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Title of post: "Poker Should Be Banned"

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Hey I'm not for it getting banned,

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New title: Cactus Cactus should be banned.

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I think everyone should be sterilized that way no new babies would show up who could potentially have their lives ruined by something in our society.

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What right do you have to make decisions for someone else?

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Have we caused a divorce?

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Click a mouse. Lose a spouse.

Lori

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Ever think of how many people me [censored]? Have we caused a divorce? probably... Hey I'm not for it getting banned, but we poker players have [censored] so many people out of money they shouldn't be gambling with... at least we know it is helping some people out

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I trust that these people are old enough to make their own decisions. The only person responsible for losing (or winning) money gambling is the individual who did it. Not who they lost it to. Not who they won it from.

Poker is just like anything else in life. You make a choice. There is a consequence, good or bad. Sometimes you don't know exactly what that consequence will be, but it happens. There's even a saying for that. It's called, "You take what you want, and you pay for it."

Those people could have paid their bills. They could have gone to marriage counseling. They could have bought their spouse flowers, maybe taken their girlfriends out to dinner instead of chucking their money online. They could have hooked up with a spouse who didn't mind them gambling. Whatever.

They had a choice, and they chose to gamble.

If they weren't meeting their responsibilities because they were playing internet poker, I'm sure they will find some other way to avoid meeting those responsibilities. They've already demonstrated what their priorities aren't, and that's not my problem. Nor is it my business.

Why in the world should anyone feel responsible for what someone else does with their own money? Besides, that money was helping *me* out [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]