Criticizing Gambling

JoeyA

JoeyA

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I realize everyone has a right to their own opinion and this is a public forum but I am curious how the rest of you think about posting comments about how others gamble, when you don't.

In other words, if you don't gamble, how much value does your criticism have?

I'm not talking about the morality to gamble or not gamble. I'm talking about whether or not a person should even be entitled to make a comment about whether someone is a nit or making a comment about someone that they did something immoral in gambling with another person who was on their second day with no sleep etc.

Not sure if I am making sense or not.

Another different but similar example might be: I don't have much experience and seldom ever play straight pool and I don't think I have much right to make comments about a competent straight pool player, shooting the wrong shot.

Does any of this make any sense?

JoeyA
 
Nits! The whole lot of them!

JoeyA. You have much more life experience than I do, but I'm sure you know that people are like this in every facet of life. Its like a rich man asking a poor man why he isn't rich. Or a meth-head stripper giving parenting advice to a couple thats on their 3rd kid.

That being said, everyone is entitled to that opinion and personally, when I'm bothered by something somebody said, its because I see some semblance of truth or have a part in it.
 
My rule of thumb for internet forums is that 75% of responders have no idea what they are talking about, and 25% of responders are the worlds experts on the subject. The trick is telling the two groups apart.

My solution is to qualify my response if I am venturing an opinion on a subject that I may not know alot about.
 
People have a right to their oppinion and to voice it. You, similarly, have a right to think they don't have the experience for their oppinion to hold much weight in your assessment.

People who don't play football sure have a lot to say about those who do come Sunday's in the fall and this time of year all sorts of people who've never run for any sort of office have opinions on those who are.

Not having participated in something does not automatically invalidate an oppinion, but it can certainly color how others view that oppinion and how much credit they give to it.
 
Gambling is part of playing pool.

Tournament play
League play
Recreational play
Gambling

To each their own.

randyg
 
ElCorazonFrio said:
I don't care whether a person gambles or not, but I find it pathetic when people say they can't play their best game unless there is some cash on the line.
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Bingo! Or...when they tell you that to become any good at the game you have to gamble. (Usually a lock artist who says this.)
 
When it's something like pool which takes skills to win, I don't really call it gambling. That's just me though.
 
pwd72s said:
Bingo! Or...when they tell you that to become any good at the game you have to gamble. (Usually a lock artist who says this.)
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Do I gamble ,Yes
Do I gamble on Pool ,sometimes .
The part about betting on Pool is someone wants to tell you how long you should play how much to bet and you cant quit will your ahead,we should adjust because your beating me
I dont care if its a $1 or a $1000 who the F is someone to tell you what to do with your money and when you should end the session
IMHO
 
The only comment I've ever had on gambling pertains to the gamblers (take a flyer, out run the nuts etc) vs bettors (lock artists, stealers etc).

The thrill in action for me is the gamble. It's not the payoff, but the battle leading up to it. Of course this means I'll book more losers, but the thrill remains the same.
 
ElCorazonFrio said:
I don't care whether a person gambles or not, but I find it pathetic when people say they can't play their best game unless there is some cash on the line.
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I could but what would be the point?

Pool is all about playing for the cash. Losing for funsies means nothing. I break you for 500, you eat noodles for a week. It's about who's Mas Macho and the money is a measure of success.
 
2strong4u said:
I could but what would be the point?

Pool is all about playing for the cash. Losing for funsies means nothing. I break you for 500, you eat noodles for a week. It's about who's Mas Macho and the money is a measure of success.
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Yeah, right...money is the measure for success. That Einstein guy was a real loser. Van Gogh, whatta rube. Mother Teresa must have been a complete failure.
 
I have no problem with other players gambling although I don't gamble myself. Like Randy said, to each his own.
If I were a gambler I would not want to take money from someone who needed it to make a house payment, or to buy groceries for his family. :smile:
 
ElCorazonFrio said:
Yeah, right...money is the measure for success. That Einstein guy was a real loser. Van Gogh, whatta rube. Mother Teresa must have been a complete failure.
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Another BINGO! Plus I haven't seen many of those who play for money living the good life...Oh, they have cash sometimes, but usually out scuffling the next day. To each their own...
 
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I play for honor and respect from my pool community.

Gambling is not based on how much you risk! It takes balls to play a champion for cash or in a tournament.

I think a post or two rubbed Joey the wrong way. But, I look at it as an opportunity to change minds and public opinion! Why complain instead of debunking the post/opinion? I think Joey is having difficulty debunking the concept and wants to attack the posters experience Instead of the merit of the comment.

I could be wrong!

Kd

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Kid Dynomite said:
I play for honor and respect from my pool community.

Gambling is not based on how much you risk! It takes balls to play a champion for cash or in a tournament.

I think a post or two rubbed Joey the wrong way. But, I look at it as an opportunity to change minds and public opinion! Why complain instead of debunking the post/opinion? I think Joey is having difficulty debunking the concept and wants to attack the posters experience Instead of the merit of the comment.

I could be wrong!

Kd

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Well KD you came from good stock your dad taught you those qualities he probaly would have dragged you out of the hall by your ear if you were laying down to catch a game
I have no problam with gambling but I'm not going to pat a guy on the back who changes his name and look and lays down to get a game I see zero honor in that

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2strong4u said:
I could but what would be the point?

Pool is all about playing for the cash. Losing for funsies means nothing. I break you for 500, you eat noodles for a week. It's about who's Mas Macho and the money is a measure of success.
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Hey, Smalltime, if you 'break' me for $500, it wouldn't change how I eat. 'Break' me for $5k and it still wouldn't change what I eat...I'd stop buying shoes, knives, guns, watches for a couple of months.

I feel sorry for you. You really think that playing a game and winning money makes you more of a man than someone else?

The measure of a man is what he does for those he values. I measure myself by the people who I have helped, by the people who call upon me for help when they need it. I measure myself by the people I have around me, those I know I can call upon if I ever need it...which I don't because I take care of myself.

The measure of a man is not taking feeling big because he causes an inconvenience in other people's lives.

While it isn't always evident on here, I try to live by words of Mark Twain:

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
 
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