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#91
06-05-2005, 10:15 PM
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Re: We are the sewers of society
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I recently started playing poker full time and had a minute in between hands to wrestle with the values I was raised on. [/ QUOTE ] So you decided to quit? 
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#93
06-06-2005, 12:02 AM
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Re: We are the sewers of society
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no, i decided to add 10% to my monthly nut to donate to a charity of my choosing. [/ QUOTE ] Well, that seems reasonable. nh
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#95
06-06-2005, 12:09 AM
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Re: We are the sewers of society
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[ QUOTE ] monthly nut [/ QUOTE ] ? [/ QUOTE ] If his monthly nut, what it costs for him to live, is something like $1500, he is then giving $150 to charity making his new nut $1650. At least, that's how I read it.
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#97
06-06-2005, 02:04 AM
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Re: We are the sewers of society
I think what he was meaning is that being a poker player on affects yourself. Painting fences, being a teacher all affect other people in a positive way as well as yourself.
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#98
06-06-2005, 02:18 AM
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Re: We are the sewers of society
bingo.
poker by definition is a selfish profession. see, the point of labour (in the generic sense) is to contribute to the economic growth (not necessarily financial growth) of the collective. The money you get in return is only a recent phenomenon; it used to be that you traded your services for the services of others. barter. that's the model on which our entire system and the idea of the collective is based. except now we have money. you receive money for services instead of a loaf of bread or whatever. our rights and thoughts remain personal. but the economy is by definition a collective entity. Among my original points is that poker doesn't fit in anywhere with that model. there's no service being performed. what the hell does anyone benefit from losing their money to a poker player? although, some good arguments have been made here about taxes and the multiplier in terms of strictly economic gain.
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