[scottyy11]

eBay/PayPal Support Bill to Ban Online Gambling
http://www.pokerroomreview.com/


just read about their support of the anti gambling bill on pokerroomreviw.com. I sure they would love it if gambling was band sure it would be great for their sales, of course it has nothing to do with that its a moral issue lolololol.

[tacomax]

I think that someone better tell the head of eBay that Paypal was recently introduced as a funding method at Betfair.

[natrass]

I think that someone better tell the head of eBay that Paypal was recently introduced as a funding method at Betfair.

Very true.

[BuddyBear]

this country is so fricken backwards it is unreal....pretty soon the gvmt is going to tell you when to go to bed. This is what we get by having these republicans in office.

[slacker00]

Ebay sucks anyway. I haven't bought any crap on there in years. It seems like I always get the shaft. Buyer beware.

[natrass]

Its not rocket science really is it? I mean, look at the Prohibition and how successful that was. You want to encourage underground crime? ... make what everyday non-criminal people like to do illegal.

[freebie]

this country is so fricken backwards it is unreal....pretty soon the gvmt is going to tell you when to go to bed. This is what we get by having these republicans in office.

They're already telling you where you can smoke. In Maryland, I don't think you can smoke in public. I think they had already banned all restaurants and public smokings.

Sports bar and restaurants are complaining about decrease in sales.

[bigboydan]

UK-based Betfair(SBR rating A+) confirms plans to offer PayPal as new banking option. PayPal removed information referring to gambling activity from sections 2.7 and 7.2 of the User Agreement for Austria, Germany, and U.K in November of 2005. PayPal.co.uk’s AUA previously included the following language: Using the PayPal service to receive payments for wagers, gambling debts or gambling winnings, regardless of the location or type of gambling activity.

[natrass]

I never understood why paypal objected to gambling sites ... what, they dont like profit?

[bigboydan]

it was the US goverment natrass, not paypal.

[tacomax]

I never understood why paypal objected to gambling sites ... what, they dont like profit?

They loved gambling sites until eBay took them over.

[BuddyBear]

rightwing U.S. goverment back at it...what a surprise.

[knicknut]

What does Ebay stand to gain from no online gambling? People are spending their time playing poker instead of buying collectables?

[slacker00]

What does Ebay stand to gain from no online gambling? People are spending their time playing poker instead of buying collectables?

It seems like it was a legal sticking point, if I remember correctly. Paypal gave an explanation when the switch was made, but I forget the exact reasoning they gave at the time. I think the decision was from a legal standpoint, though, to save their own butt from potential problems.

[tacomax]

This is what gets me.

You just spent two days arguing against someone's right to speak.

Republicans and Democrats are no different. They both want control of different aspects of society. One morality, one speech.

Just because you happen to agree with one side of the curbing of freedom doesn't make it any less eggregious of a Constitutional breach. Six of one, ......

You're also forgetting that fact that BuddyBear feels free to criticise the government as he so wishes and as long as it fits in with a very naive and narrow-minded view of the world.

But woe betide anyone else who has a pop at the good ol' USA - he suddenly comes back with the "why don't you leave this country if you don't like it???" line of rational debate.

[imgv94]

buddybear is what you call a hypocrite.

nevertheless, I think Ebay just doesn't want to be involved with
online gaming. They want to be as clean as possible. We can live
w/o them right? Plenty of people are depositing money w/o paypal.
f\*\*k em

[BrentCrude]

What's in it for e-bay if online gambling is banned?????More expendable money?More time for the wife to use the computer now that hubbie isn't online anymore where she hits e-bay all the time?Or is it just all of this cause bull crap like celebrities get involved in where they stick their noese in other peoples private business.

[BuddyBear]

buddybear is what you call a hypocrite.

nevertheless, I think Ebay just doesn't want to be involved with
online gaming. They want to be as clean as possible. We can live
w/o them right? Plenty of people are depositing money w/o paypal.
f\*\*k em

What makes me a hypocrite IMGV...b/c a fanatical right wing goverment is seeking to bar you from playing online when nearly every country in the world has embraced online gambling in one way or another. if right wing conservative philosohy endoreses limited goverment, this is one of the biggest invasions of privacy on U.S. citizens.....the reason they wanted to stop online gambling is due more than to econmoic considerations but rather b/c right wing loonies in this country perceive that online gambling is threatning the moral foundation of this country. Thus the real hypocricy is from the individuals who purport limited government and now want to get rid of online gambling for moral reasons.

[BuddyBear]

You're also forgetting that fact that BuddyBear feels free to criticise the government as he so wishes and as long as it fits in with a very naive and narrow-minded view of the world.

But woe betide anyone else who has a pop at the good ol' USA - he suddenly comes back with the "why don't you leave this country if you don't like it???" line of rational debate.

Yes of course i criticize the gvmnt all the time....b/c it is my right and obligation as a citizen of this country to point out deficinies and weakness when the gvmt is contriving to deny basic rights of the citizinry. I am not going to sit like you Taco and let the gvmt tell me what to do and oblige like a total tool.

If you don't like what the gvmt does you have three choices (1) you can leave the country or (2) accept the rules of law set here and live with them or (3) work for change to create a better society for all individuals.

Since I am a pro-active citizen I elect to do the third but most others select either the first or second option so that's why it is always necessary to offer individuals the opportunity to leave the country if they are unpleased with it's direction.

[BuddyBear]

This is what gets me.

You just spent two days arguing against someone's right to speak.

Republicans and Democrats are no different. They both want control of different aspects of society. One morality, one speech.

Just because you happen to agree with one side of the curbing of freedom doesn't make it any less eggregious of a Constitutional breach. Six of one, ......

This post makes litte if any sense...but I can address. People have a right to speak but there are limits to what one can say especially when one's comments are intended to degrade another person. That I have a problem with.

That's fine what Ebay wants to do...that's their right.

I agree with Dem about as much as I agree with Rep...both are pointless in the bigger picture as they advance usually similar ideas that are less than creative and usually work in ways that promote the interests of those already in power while those out of power are almost always underrepresented when it comes to legislation in this country.

[tacomax]

Yes of course i criticize the gvmnt all the time....b/c it is my right and obligation as a citizen of this country to point out deficinies and weakness when the gvmt is contriving to deny basic rights of the citizinry. I am not going to sit like you Taco and let the gvmt tell me what to do and oblige like a total tool.

You miss the point I made. I tried to make the point pretty obvious, but it seems to have gone over your head. I'll explain it again so try and follow, please. I'll break it into numbered points to assist you.

1) The Great One made a comment about the state of the country as he saw it.

2) Your well crafted reply was - and I quote - "why don't you leave this country if you don't like it???"

Do you want to live in a country where you have the right to criticise the government but not allow others the same privilege? Or do you just supress the views of people you don't like or don't agree with? There are a number of regimes in the world which would welcome your type of "free speech" with open arms, but America sure isn't one of them.

[BuddyBear]

umm Taco...you come off as one of the brighter guys on here so i am a bit suprised by your comments
not sure if you have noticed but the vision for America TGO is advancing is consistent with most third world oppressive regimes with some slight differences when it comes to econmoic policies but in terms of the social policy he endoreses it is never ever going to happen. He knows and everyone else who reads his posts knows it....

He can criticize all he wants that's fine that's his right but in all honesty he should probably leave the country since it is obvious he hates it so much.

[imgv94]

Do you want to live in a country where you have the right to criticise the government but not allow others the same privilege? Or do you just supress the views of people you don't like or don't agree with? There are a number of regimes in the world which would welcome your type of "free speech" with open arms, but America sure isn't one of them.

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Nice job taco! Smooth as silk!!