Casino Gambling Web Representatives Headed to Washington! - Page 5

oldbookguy · #41 07-04-2007, 03:48 PM

I received a reply in my mail from FoF.

Seems they are really busy and the mail box is a bit full.

Here is a copy / paste of it:

Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:22:58 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Focus on the Family" <family@custhelp.com> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: UIGEA Repeal Opposistion [Incident:070629-000574]
To: oldbookguy@verizon.net

Suggested Answer
Recently you submitted a question or comment to Focus on the Family. Please know that we are currently experiencing higher than expected volumes of e-mail. Should your situation require a response, we ask that you please allow a few additional days for handling. We appreciate your patience.

OK everyone, lets keep them busy, better reading our thoughts and Focusing on Poker Playing Americans than on the so called 'Foreigners" they seemed to be 'Focusing' on.

obg

TankerLTC · #42 07-04-2007, 03:51 PM

Signed, 5,792

TankerLTC · #43 07-04-2007, 04:06 PM

Here is my brief note to FoF to help with their busy servers.

I believe the UIGEA should be repealed; it is a bad law and was passed under shady circumstances. My right to gamble online is a personal rights issue not a moral one. I do believe the sites should be regulated but prohibiting them is not the right answer. I am an American veteran that takes the rights we enjoy in this country very seriously. I do not believe I need any organization to save me from myself or to help me protect my family; that is my job.

Vanidor · #44 07-04-2007, 05:57 PM

Just sent a quick note to FOF. I hope it crashes their servers.

oldbookguy · #45 07-04-2007, 06:57 PM

Great letter!

Please, everone take 2 minutes and drop FoF a note if you will.

E-mail:

http://family.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/f...mp;p_lva=14190

obg

TheEngineer · #46 07-04-2007, 09:37 PM

Fixed the link.

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Great letter!

Please, everone take 2 minutes and drop FoF a note if you will.

E-mail:

http://family.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/famil...amp;p_lva=14190

obg

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oldbookguy · #47 07-04-2007, 09:48 PM

thanks, lol, sorry, I copied something wrong.....

obg

ps - e-mail them Engineer, keep them occupied.....

TheEngineer · #48 07-04-2007, 10:07 PM

I wrote them a quick note:

I’m writing to let you know many Americans find your organization’s outspoken (and often inaccurate to the point of being deceitful) advocacy of banning Internet poker offensive, particularly FoF’s assertion that the American people need the federal government to act as their nanny. Americans are capable of making their own decisions. We don’t need a bigger federal government to do that for us. Actually, we need a smaller one. After all, the power you give government today is the power they’ll use against us tomorrow.

For example, do you feel safe in saying the IRS could never revoke a church's tax exempt status for refusing to hire a gay pastor? Do you feel safe in saying the IRS could never revoke a church's tax exempt status for preaching that homosexuality is a sin? If you answered "yes, that cannot happen", are you certain that couldn't come to pass within ten years? And, why shouldn't it? YOU decided government should involve itself in issues of morality, and many Americans do think discrimination against gays is immoral. That's the power you're advocating giving government today!!! After all, YOU said the American people are incapable of making their own decisions. YOU said government should have a role. And, YOU condemned yourself to this outcome by chasing limited-government conservatives like me from the Republican Party, assuring the party of minority status.

I urge you to let this one go. Support limited government. Support regulation over prohibition. Fiscal conservatism plus government out of your life = true conservatism. Government control of one’s life = statism.

Sincerely,

oldbookguy · #49 07-04-2007, 10:10 PM

Nice letter1

obg

TheEngineer · #50 07-04-2007, 10:13 PM

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I think we're better served writing letters that express our opinion, but don't antagonize. FOF will say "oh, look at the ungodly heathens we have to endure" when they read negative letters.

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My personal opinion is that we should write "persuasive" letters to open-minded folks, as an antagonistic letter could do more harm than good. However, against a sworn enemy like FoF, we should probably show our resolve and conviction of our goals. At least that's the approach I took with my letter to them.