Comments on: Over 30 of the World’s Top Poker Pros Urge Fellow Players to Fight for Poker and Join the PPA http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/ "Protecting the Freedom to Play America's Card Game" Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:15:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: SuthernBlue http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-8484 SuthernBlue Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:25:59 +0000 http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-8484 WE GOTTA FIGHT, FOR OUR RIGHT, TO PLAY!!!!!!!! WE GOTTA FIGHT, FOR OUR RIGHT, TO PLAY!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Aaron Stiefel http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-672 Aaron Stiefel Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:57:36 +0000 http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-672 Since when can the inability for taxation cause something to be shut down? More importantly, is this considered a vice like the alcohol in the prohabition? If so, we know that attempting to stop it will only lead to more illicit activities then we have already seen. Let people play from the comfort of their own home and enjoy themselves. Even if it is a problem for someone who is unskilled, addicted, or just plain stupid, none of those reasons can defend the Congress's actions. If someone is unskilled, it is their perogative to play. Practice makes perfect. if someone is addicted, that is a personal issue that should not be taken out on the poker community. Alcohol is allowed. Video games can be addictive. Are they next to go? No more addictivegame.com, eh? Stupid people do a lot of things. We can't just put them in a plastic bubble. That is not how society works. Since when can the inability for taxation cause something to be shut down? More importantly, is this considered a vice like the alcohol in the prohabition? If so, we know that attempting to stop it will only lead to more illicit activities then we have already seen. Let people play from the comfort of their own home and enjoy themselves. Even if it is a problem for someone who is unskilled, addicted, or just plain stupid, none of those reasons can defend the Congress’s actions.
If someone is unskilled, it is their perogative to play. Practice makes perfect.
if someone is addicted, that is a personal issue that should not be taken out on the poker community. Alcohol is allowed. Video games can be addictive. Are they next to go? No more addictivegame.com, eh?
Stupid people do a lot of things. We can’t just put them in a plastic bubble. That is not how society works.

]]> By: larry g http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-409 larry g Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:01:49 +0000 http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-409 they voted - then I voted - now they are gone. they voted – then I voted – now they are gone.

]]> By: Peggy J Matzdorff http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-397 Peggy J Matzdorff Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:50:48 +0000 http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-397 I (used to)play poker online as entertainment. The government decided they wanted a piece of the pie, so they banned it until they can figure out how they could get that piece. They used morality and gambling addictions as their reasons for the ban, but they have not banned state lotteries, bingo halls, casinos, horse racing, dog racing, etc. I could spend all day listing the many ways people in this country gamble legally. The fact is, the politicians have already got their sticks in those fires. The American people are not stupid, we know what is going on. But we are lazy. We figure someone else will step up to the plate and fight for what we want. Most people don't want to get involved anymore. They just want to live their own lives and not be bothered. That's why voter registration and voter turnout is so low. And that's why the American Government can get away with this kind of thing. We better watch out, before you know it we will become a Communist Country doing what government tells us to do. This isn't just about the right to play poker online, it is about losing our right to choose. I (used to)play poker online as entertainment. The government decided they wanted a piece of the pie, so they banned it until they can figure out how they could get that piece. They used morality and gambling addictions as their reasons for the ban, but they have not banned state lotteries, bingo halls, casinos, horse racing, dog racing, etc. I could spend all day listing the many ways people in this country gamble legally. The fact is, the politicians have already got their sticks in those fires. The American people are not stupid, we know what is going on. But we are lazy. We figure someone else will step up to the plate and fight for what we want. Most people don’t want to get involved anymore. They just want to live their own lives and not be bothered. That’s why voter registration and voter turnout is so low. And that’s why the American Government can get away with this kind of thing. We better watch out, before you know it we will become a Communist Country doing what government tells us to do. This isn’t just about the right to play poker online, it is about losing our right to choose.

]]> By: James Cowsert http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-394 James Cowsert Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:43:25 +0000 http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-394 I support online gambling. I support going to any casino I want when I want. I support every and all local games with friends, I support every and all home games. Why don't you asshole goverment people just tax it and get it over with. That's what you wanted to do from the start, get tax from us and look good to the do gooders that want everone to do as they say belive in there God or whatever. Goverment Let me tell you somthing , those do gooders your trying to get votes and support from, well they are here at the gamming table with me.DON'T YOU LOOK LIKE THE ASS NOW. TAX GAMMING if you must,I have no problems with that, but don't tell me what I can or can't do I support online gambling. I support going to any casino I want when I want. I support every and all local games with friends, I support every and all home games.
Why don’t you asshole goverment people just tax it and get it over with. That’s what you wanted to do from the start, get tax from us and look good to the do gooders that want everone to do as they say belive in there God or whatever. Goverment Let me tell you somthing , those do gooders your trying to get votes and support from, well they are here at the gamming table with me.DON’T YOU LOOK LIKE THE ASS NOW.
TAX GAMMING if you must,I have no problems with that, but don’t tell me what I can or can’t do

]]> By: Shawn http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-339 Shawn Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:32:25 +0000 http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-339 I have been playing poker online for about 5 years. Ihave won money lost money,thats my right as a tax payer.So let me play again. I have been playing poker online for about 5 years. Ihave won money lost money,thats my right as a tax payer.So let me play again.

]]> By: rick http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-336 rick Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:46:04 +0000 http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-336 online poker should be legal ,it is are rights to chose to play. online poker should be legal ,it is are rights to chose to play.

]]> By: thom merry http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-330 thom merry Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:57:31 +0000 http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-330 I served in Iraq to protect my country and its freedoms, the law against playing poker IS NOT ONE I RISKED MY LIFE FOR. I served in Iraq to protect my country and its freedoms, the law against playing poker IS NOT ONE I RISKED MY LIFE FOR.

]]> By: John Khoury http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-317 John Khoury Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:10:09 +0000 http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-317 Poker is not a game of luck but rather a game of skill, it is similar to backgammon in that it does rely on a random event, but then again so does monopoly. Taking our right away to play poker online is ridiculous. With other major issues on the table I'm surprised congress went out of its way to create a ban when it could have done something worthwhile with its time, such as discuss the deficit, the war in Iraq or things that actually matter to people. Please lift the ban. Poker has seen a huge increase in popularity in the past few years and millions of people watch the world series of Poker on ESPN every year. It’s a fun game and people should be allowed to play it. Poker is not a game of luck but rather a game of skill, it is similar to backgammon in that it does rely on a random event, but then again so does monopoly. Taking our right away to play poker online is ridiculous. With other major issues on the table I’m surprised congress went out of its way to create a ban when it could have done something worthwhile with its time, such as discuss the deficit, the war in Iraq or things that actually matter to people. Please lift the ban. Poker has seen a huge increase in popularity in the past few years and millions of people watch the world series of Poker on ESPN every year. It’s a fun game and people should be allowed to play it.

]]> By: Wade (or "He who votes") http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-287 Wade (or "He who votes") Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:25:28 +0000 http://pokerplayersalliance.wordpress.com/2006/10/24/over-30-of-the-worlds-top-poker-pros-urge-fellow-players-to-fight-for-poker-and-join-the-ppa/#comment-287 Online Poker should be legal for those that choose to play. Poker is a game of skill, not mere chance. If Paramutual wagering and Lottery wagering is legal online, it is hypocritical and misleading to ban poker (again, a game of skill, not mere chance) from a supposedly moral perspective. This seems to be more political favoritism than a case of government serving the people who appoint it. It upsets me to think that it's being touted as a moral obligation to stop poker, but other means of wagering online are allowed seemingly due to the revenues they provide to state governments. I suppose money talks, so if you must occupy your time with such a harmless and trivial thing as people enjoying poker online, try to find a way to support poker in a way that provides similar benefits (and therefore either makes it moral, or buys off the moral concern, whichever sits better with you), and in the meantime, please leave this game of skill, and those that choose to play it, alone. There has to be other things of higher concern and priority to worry about. Online Poker should be legal for those that choose to play.

Poker is a game of skill, not mere chance. If Paramutual wagering and Lottery wagering is legal online, it is hypocritical and misleading to ban poker (again, a game of skill, not mere chance) from a supposedly moral perspective. This seems to be more political favoritism than a case of government serving the people who appoint it. It upsets me to think that it’s being touted as a moral obligation to stop poker, but other means of wagering online are allowed seemingly due to the revenues they provide to state governments.

I suppose money talks, so if you must occupy your time with such a harmless and trivial thing as people enjoying poker online, try to find a way to support poker in a way that provides similar benefits (and therefore either makes it moral, or buys off the moral concern, whichever sits better with you), and in the meantime, please leave this game of skill, and those that choose to play it, alone. There has to be other things of higher concern and priority to worry about.

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