Holy Cow! Satan plays poker?!
I read this today in the letters to the editor of the Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal-Star:
Letters, 1/11: The devil’s game
I was disturbed and appalled to see the Lincoln Journal Star headlining the World Series of Poker. As a Christian, I protest your promotion of gambling.
The leaders in Lincoln had the forethought to stamp out smoking and Wal-Mart, and I call upon these leaders to protest the advertisement by your paper of the devil’s game.
David Thomas Cap, Lincoln
I always read the letters to the editor because it is generally the funniest section of our paper. (Doubt me? Look at http://www.journalstar.com)
Since when is the World Series of Poker gambling? Obviously he was just torqued that our paper promoted something with poker in the title, and poker can be a form of gambling. Therefore the paper promoted gambling. The WSOP is a "sports" event. None of those players are actually bringing their own money to the table. Like golf, there is an entry fee that a player either pays out of their own pocket or secures sponsors to pay for them. Money from entry fees and advertising revenues makes up the prize pool from which the players are paid according to how far they go in the tournament. The WSOP represents the highest level of a game of skill. Much like chess, one advances by using psychology and body language to guess what another player's cards might be and what that player might do with them. They can then send their own signals to try to influence the other player to either fold (a stronger hand) or bet more (a weaker hand). Sure the chips are named after money, but since there is no real money involved in the actual course of play they could also name the units strokes or points. It would be more cumbersome, but it could be done.
My question is: does this Christian guy ever put a buck into the office pool when The Beloved Cornhuskers play? That's gambling, illegal in Nebraska, and against NCAA rules I think (not sure on that as they have SO many rules). My guess is: yep.
I guess this is just another example of the victimization of white male red-state evangelical Christians. (BTW, people still smoke in Lincoln, we just can't do it in the bar when playing the free poker tournaments thanks to jerks like this who never go to bars in the first place. And we have two Wal-marts in existence, neither with gigantic bootprints on their roofs.)
A little research please?
I read this today in the letters to the editor of the Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal-Star:
Letters, 1/11: The devil’s game
I was disturbed and appalled to see the Lincoln Journal Star headlining the World Series of Poker. As a Christian, I protest your promotion of gambling.
The leaders in Lincoln had the forethought to stamp out smoking and Wal-Mart, and I call upon these leaders to protest the advertisement by your paper of the devil’s game.
David Thomas Cap, Lincoln
I always read the letters to the editor because it is generally the funniest section of our paper. (Doubt me? Look at http://www.journalstar.com)
Since when is the World Series of Poker gambling? Obviously he was just torqued that our paper promoted something with poker in the title, and poker can be a form of gambling. Therefore the paper promoted gambling. The WSOP is a "sports" event. None of those players are actually bringing their own money to the table. Like golf, there is an entry fee that a player either pays out of their own pocket or secures sponsors to pay for them. Money from entry fees and advertising revenues makes up the prize pool from which the players are paid according to how far they go in the tournament. The WSOP represents the highest level of a game of skill. Much like chess, one advances by using psychology and body language to guess what another player's cards might be and what that player might do with them. They can then send their own signals to try to influence the other player to either fold (a stronger hand) or bet more (a weaker hand). Sure the chips are named after money, but since there is no real money involved in the actual course of play they could also name the units strokes or points. It would be more cumbersome, but it could be done.
My question is: does this Christian guy ever put a buck into the office pool when The Beloved Cornhuskers play? That's gambling, illegal in Nebraska, and against NCAA rules I think (not sure on that as they have SO many rules). My guess is: yep.
I guess this is just another example of the victimization of white male red-state evangelical Christians. (BTW, people still smoke in Lincoln, we just can't do it in the bar when playing the free poker tournaments thanks to jerks like this who never go to bars in the first place. And we have two Wal-marts in existence, neither with gigantic bootprints on their roofs.)
A little research please?
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