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Poker -- Morally (long)

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  1. drew5927 drew5927 is offline

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    Oct 2nd, 2006 (10/2/2006 5:36pm)

    <SPAN>i don't have a moral dilemma playing poker and making money off other, consenting adults. these people are fully in control of their actions, and in a sense losing players are knowingly paying for a service--the excitement and entertainment value of online poker. losing players in the long run focus on the fact that they can win in the short term, and for them the financial risk risk is worth the potential reward (monetarily or excitement-wise).

    this being said, you could make the argument that online poker presents a larger moral dilemma; how much control do these "consenting adults" really have, especially when credit is totally liquid from bank accounts to online poker sites? does this type of freedom-first policy exacerbate gambling addiction, and if so, should we really have complete freedom to deposit our entire bank account to an online poker site without any controls? furthermore, are all players on these sites truly "consenting adults?" are they adults at all? we all know about underage kids of all kinds making big runs online, up and down. if a 15 year old kid could run up a huge debt fairly easily, is a total-freedom policy really the one we want? in terms of consent, does gambling addiction constitute consent or not? it depends on whether you think of gambling addicts as victims, or merely stupid people with no self control.

    these are not easy questions to answer, but as a government that sets out to regulate the activities of its people (for their own good) as our modern government seems to, these are the underlying philosophical questions that must be considered when creating policy. Personally I dont feel that a government should be regulating the activities of its constituents in this fashion.<SPAN> </SPAN>That being said Im not quite as sure as everyone else around here seems to be that nothing should change.<SPAN> </SPAN>It is fairly obvious that click your mouse and lose your house is little more than manipulative, rhetorical garbage.<SPAN> </SPAN>However, gambling addiction is a serious issue and shouldnt be taken lightly.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN>

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    <SPAN>The mian thing that bothers me is that bill frist is not sitting around contemplating these complex ideas over tv-dinner. It seems more like he slipped a personal opinion into law on a technicality, and I hate the fact that our government passes laws on technicalities instead of philosophical discussion.<SPAN> </SPAN>i doubt that many members of congress have put significant thought into these problems; rather they are likely focused on appeasing radicals like Frist, limiting some individual freedoms if they have to, and then getting back to working on their re-election campaigns.<SPAN> </SPAN>These types of fluky mechanisms in the legislative process are extremely disturbing for me personally, and make the prospect of eventually moving to a more liberal, less machine-like country pretty appealing.<SPAN> </SPAN>Thanks for reading</SPAN>
     
  2. CrownMyCoke CrownMyCoke is offline

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    Oct 2nd, 2006 (10/2/2006 5:37pm) in reply to drew5927

    Nice Copy/Paste..............GTFO

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