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10-21-2006, 05:31 AM
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If it\'s illegal why don\'t they arrest us
The general interpretation of the legislators seems to be that poker is "unlawful internet gambling" covered under the wire act of 1961. It also seems that the media accepts this as truth and many citizens then do also because it has never been challenged. It would be interesting if someone/someones did a public display of online poker and invited media to cover it, saying if it's illegal why don't they arrest us. This is the way laws are challenged in this country. Obviously, some thought should be put into whether this could backfire too, and of course a team of lawyers should be lined up in advance for this. Thoughts? (Other than "let us know when you're doing it") 
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10-21-2006, 05:42 AM
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Re: If it\'s illegal why don\'t they arrest us
because it isn't illegal to play online poker, and never has been.
not sure how people that pay any attention at all can still not realize that playing online poker has nothing to do with anything.
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10-21-2006, 05:50 AM
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Re: If it\'s illegal why don\'t they arrest us
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because it isn't illegal to play online poker, and never has been. [/ QUOTE ] That's exactly the point of why you do this. Legislators want people to think it's illegal-> media reports that it is illegal because the legislators say so. This is a challenge that the media can cover which may change their minds on the legality issue.
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10-21-2006, 10:18 AM
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Re: If it\'s illegal why don\'t they arrest us
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It would be interesting if someone/someones did a public display of online poker and invited media to cover it, saying if it's illegal why don't they arrest us. This is the way laws are challenged in this country. [/ QUOTE ] Sounds like a great idea... Maybe Ali G will do it.
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10-21-2006, 01:05 PM
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Re: If it\'s illegal why don\'t they arrest us
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[ QUOTE ] because it isn't illegal to play online poker, and never has been. [/ QUOTE ] That's exactly the point of why you do this. Legislators want people to think it's illegal-> media reports that it is illegal because the legislators say so. This is a challenge that the media can cover which may change their minds on the legality issue. [/ QUOTE ] Well, I'm going to go into the park, and eat some bread. Maybe I'll get some media coverage for that, given that it isn't illegal, but I'm doing it anyway!
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10-21-2006, 01:41 PM
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Re: If it\'s illegal why don\'t they arrest us
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] because it isn't illegal to play online poker, and never has been. [/ QUOTE ] That's exactly the point of why you do this. Legislators want people to think it's illegal-> media reports that it is illegal because the legislators say so. This is a challenge that the media can cover which may change their minds on the legality issue. [/ QUOTE ] Well, I'm going to go into the park, and eat some bread. Maybe I'll get some media coverage for that, given that it isn't illegal, but I'm doing it anyway! [/ QUOTE ] I really don't think that the media is under the impression that eating bread is illegal, but many of them are under the impression that playing poker online is illegal and they are spreading that impression to the rest of the country.
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10-21-2006, 02:06 PM
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Re: If it\'s illegal why don\'t they arrest us
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] because it isn't illegal to play online poker, and never has been. [/ QUOTE ] That's exactly the point of why you do this. Legislators want people to think it's illegal-> media reports that it is illegal because the legislators say so. This is a challenge that the media can cover which may change their minds on the legality issue. [/ QUOTE ] Well, I'm going to go into the park, and eat some bread. Maybe I'll get some media coverage for that, given that it isn't illegal, but I'm doing it anyway! [/ QUOTE ] I really don't think that the media is under the impression that eating bread is illegal, but many of them are under the impression that playing poker online is illegal and they are spreading that impression to the rest of the country. [/ QUOTE ] I don't think the media is under that impression at all...just the uninformed casual player. The only media under that impression would be those that have no knowledge of the information they are writing about, and no ability to take 20 seconds to look at it.
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10-21-2006, 03:08 PM
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Re: If it\'s illegal why don\'t they arrest us
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because it isn't illegal to play online poker, and never has been. [/ QUOTE ] Where?
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10-21-2006, 03:31 PM
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Re: If it\'s illegal why don\'t they arrest us
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[ QUOTE ] because it isn't illegal to play online poker, and never has been. [/ QUOTE ] Where? [/ QUOTE ] umm, I'm not sure...where do YOU think?
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