Well, this is one of those situations that I have found myself in in the past. It seems that Rory has made a point and possibly overstated it a bit.
We all understand the caution. Stu Unger is a good example of gambling gone bad. Rory's actions seem like a behavio[u]r I have seen in myself in the past. People disagree, but you believe so strongly that you continue beating the horse until it is just a reddish-brown sack of protoplasm. I have learned over time to realize this situation in myself and to stop the conversation.
Bottom line: We get it. You think poker is evil, yet you do it every day. You remind me of the movie "Ray", where Ray Charles is taking Heroin all the time, yet he tells all the chicks he's banging that they should stay away from it.
Frankly, I'm sick of reading about the same topic over and over again. It is the responsibility of the individual to deal with their own issues. If you have an addictive personality/brain/whatever, it's your problem. If you have one leg shorter than the other, it's your problem. If you stutter, it's your problem. I am not going to pity someone who takes his welfare check to the liquor store and buys booze and lottery tickets with it.
If I lose my house gambling, I'm not going to sue Bravo for running Celebrity Poker Showdown all the time. I take responsibility for myself and I assume that others will do the same. If they don't, then they are just leeches on society and don't deserve my attention at all.
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Date: 2006-03-01 12:57 (UTC)We all understand the caution. Stu Unger is a good example of gambling gone bad. Rory's actions seem like a behavio[u]r I have seen in myself in the past. People disagree, but you believe so strongly that you continue beating the horse until it is just a reddish-brown sack of protoplasm. I have learned over time to realize this situation in myself and to stop the conversation.
Bottom line: We get it. You think poker is evil, yet you do it every day. You remind me of the movie "Ray", where Ray Charles is taking Heroin all the time, yet he tells all the chicks he's banging that they should stay away from it.
Frankly, I'm sick of reading about the same topic over and over again. It is the responsibility of the individual to deal with their own issues. If you have an addictive personality/brain/whatever, it's your problem. If you have one leg shorter than the other, it's your problem. If you stutter, it's your problem. I am not going to pity someone who takes his welfare check to the liquor store and buys booze and lottery tickets with it.
If I lose my house gambling, I'm not going to sue Bravo for running Celebrity Poker Showdown all the time. I take responsibility for myself and I assume that others will do the same. If they don't, then they are just leeches on society and don't deserve my attention at all.