Re: What good are we? As poker players, are we socially responsible?
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OK. Take away all the doctors in the world.
Now take away all the Poker players in the world.
Which has the biggest effect on society?
Surely that example goes a long way to demonstrating "value to society"?
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Take away all the good people in society. Leave all the bad ones. How good will things now be? Surely you see that point.
The value of doctors is indisputable. Good people in general, in the masses, is needed just as much. Why focus on just poker players and suggest their contribution to that is less valuable?
Someone going to a cardroom everyday, tipping the dealers and waitresses, being friendly, polite and courteous to the patrons and employees, may not be curing their ills, but it'll always have a positive effect in making their average everyday a better one. Why isn't that valuable?
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