If I said somewhere in my posts that it was morally wrong to talk to people about poker, I overstated myself. I never meant to say that if I did. I don't feel like it is wrong to talk to people about poker, morally. I don't think you are doing anything "wrong", per se. You are not doing anything wrong having your journal open to the public, that is not what I am trying to say to you. I don't think anyone could come to you and point the finger at you and tell you that you did anything bad or that you are a bad guy.
Okay, it's like bungee jumping. Let's use that example instead. You are hanging out with your buddy, you love to bungee jump. Your friend knows that you like to bungee jump and he asks you about it and you get him all amped up about it and he goes bungee jumping with you and he dies bungee jumping. You didn't do anything wrong. But, in a way, you were kind of the cause of his death and it is going to haunt you for a long time that you took your friend bungee jumping. If he had a wife and kids, they are going to blame you. You could not have known he was going to die, and it really isn't your fault, but it also kind of is. You didn't do anything wrong or bad, but if you had just kept quiet your friend would be alive. It doesn't mean you have to never speak about bungee jumping ever, but if you can play it down and discourage your friends from going bungee jumping you can ensure that you never place yourself in that situation. If your friends independently get involved in bungee jumping then that is their own thing, you are no longer in part responsible for what they decide to do, but if you are the one who introduced them to it, then you are in part responsible for what happens to them. Just like if they have a ton of fun bungee jumping, guess who they are going to give the credit to for getting them into it? You. They will be like, "Yeah Bradley! That was so much fun, thanks so much for bringing me man, that was FUCKING AWESOME!" You are getting credit for bringing them bungee jumping. And so you should get credit when they die. If they said they had fun to you and thanked you after going you would never go, "No. I was simply talking about my own experiences bungee jumping and you decided of your own volition to come bungee jumping. In no way did I encourage you or convince you or persuade you to come bungee jumping in any way or enable you to do something you would not have done independently on your own. I am not responsible for the outcome of your actions." So you see, you want to accept credit for getting people into poker, which is why you are writing the newbie poker articles and trying to get new people into poker, but you want none of the responsibility. It doesn't work that way.
I'm not saying it is morally wrong. You aren't doing anything morally wrong. Of course it is not morally wrong to share a fun activity you like to do with people you are friends with, and it is only natural to want them to also participate in the activity. I did the same thing for a while too. But then I saw people go down the tubes and my friend had a scare, and I talked to some older and wiser players who had been around, and they gave me some advice. And I watched and I thought. And I took it to heart and I see that it is very true, and I am passing that advice on to you, and explaining it to you and for everyone reading the journal. It is especially important for the professional players. I dunno. I guess, like I said, I hope that the advice will never come up.
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Date: 2006-02-28 20:35 (UTC)Okay, it's like bungee jumping. Let's use that example instead. You are hanging out with your buddy, you love to bungee jump. Your friend knows that you like to bungee jump and he asks you about it and you get him all amped up about it and he goes bungee jumping with you and he dies bungee jumping. You didn't do anything wrong. But, in a way, you were kind of the cause of his death and it is going to haunt you for a long time that you took your friend bungee jumping. If he had a wife and kids, they are going to blame you. You could not have known he was going to die, and it really isn't your fault, but it also kind of is. You didn't do anything wrong or bad, but if you had just kept quiet your friend would be alive. It doesn't mean you have to never speak about bungee jumping ever, but if you can play it down and discourage your friends from going bungee jumping you can ensure that you never place yourself in that situation. If your friends independently get involved in bungee jumping then that is their own thing, you are no longer in part responsible for what they decide to do, but if you are the one who introduced them to it, then you are in part responsible for what happens to them. Just like if they have a ton of fun bungee jumping, guess who they are going to give the credit to for getting them into it? You. They will be like, "Yeah Bradley! That was so much fun, thanks so much for bringing me man, that was FUCKING AWESOME!" You are getting credit for bringing them bungee jumping. And so you should get credit when they die. If they said they had fun to you and thanked you after going you would never go, "No. I was simply talking about my own experiences bungee jumping and you decided of your own volition to come bungee jumping. In no way did I encourage you or convince you or persuade you to come bungee jumping in any way or enable you to do something you would not have done independently on your own. I am not responsible for the outcome of your actions." So you see, you want to accept credit for getting people into poker, which is why you are writing the newbie poker articles and trying to get new people into poker, but you want none of the responsibility. It doesn't work that way.
I'm not saying it is morally wrong. You aren't doing anything morally wrong. Of course it is not morally wrong to share a fun activity you like to do with people you are friends with, and it is only natural to want them to also participate in the activity. I did the same thing for a while too. But then I saw people go down the tubes and my friend had a scare, and I talked to some older and wiser players who had been around, and they gave me some advice. And I watched and I thought. And I took it to heart and I see that it is very true, and I am passing that advice on to you, and explaining it to you and for everyone reading the journal. It is especially important for the professional players. I dunno. I guess, like I said, I hope that the advice will never come up.