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confused
Oct 3, 2003

It's just business.
Thanks for the excellent thread, OP. You already discussed it a bit, but could you go into more depth about your views on the ethics of what you are doing? Do you think your actions are ethical? What are the lines that you won't cross?

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confused
Oct 3, 2003

It's just business.

jase1 posted:

I never really think about the things I do as unethical. I never really stay in contact with most of the people that I hustle. I never see the impact I am causing by taking their money. I think my actions are fine and see nothing wrong with it. It's gambling and anyone who knowingly enters in a bet regardless of how bad they are at disadvantage they still made the choice themselves to take a risk. It's the same thing as casinos in my opinion. They don't know how bad their customers are in debt or that joe blow is using his rent money to gamble they just want your money. The only line I won't cross is cheating. I will not switch pool cues or use rigged equipment. I use what is provided unless I bring my own stick then I use that. Does that answer your questions? I have no problem talking about ethics it's just that I don't think about it very often so its hard to explain my position on it. I work in a job that cause a lot of people to hate my guts some people think it is unethical what I do but I don't.

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I think I agree with everything you say here. I certainly don't think there is anything unethical about gambling.

Maybe it is idealistic, but, for me, I think the part that strikes me as unethical is deceiving people about your skill level. I think that is when things go from gambling to scamming. For me, that seems no different than a pump and dump stock scam or any other type of scam in which one party knowingly manipulates or conceals information to take advantage of someone else.

In your reply, you talk about people entering the bet of their own free will, which is true. However, through deception or manipulation, they don't know how much of a disadvantage they are at. I think it is easy to rationalize that as "Buyer Beware," but it does strike me as a rationalization.

What do you think?

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