1. 06-28-12 12:20 PM #1
    ProfaneReality
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    Check-in if you believe politcal threads should be moved out of PT

    There is a politics forum here. You guys love saloon'ing threads well start politicking threads.

    Politics are divisive, and makes most people blood boil. I click my PT bookmark to get away from real world shit. I don't want to look at 15 threads on the first page about politics.

    No place for them in PT

    Anyone else feel this way ?
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  2. 06-28-12 12:25 PM #2
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    I agree

    Too many people talk about politics here

    For fuks sake people is this a sports gambling message board or a politics message board?

    If you want to talk politics go to fukin CNN or something

    Wonder if I went to CNN forums if they would have 95% sports gambling threads on the first page
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  3. 06-28-12 12:27 PM #3
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    Agreed.
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  4. 06-28-12 12:32 PM #4
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    Agree 1000 percent

    Political chat is for suckers

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  5. 06-28-12 12:32 PM #5
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    I agree, get this political stuff out of PT
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  6. 06-28-12 12:38 PM #6
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    Love this thread..

    A democrat that wants political threads moved to the political forum after a BIG liberal win..

    Can you imagine a neo con doing this?? Sammy???

    Let's learn from this.
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  7. 06-28-12 12:43 PM #7
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    My stance is that mods should focus on combining threads with the same topic (i.e. all the health care threads) instead of moving them.

    That alone removes the clutter, and allows for good debate for those who seek it.

    PT has always been the melting pot. If it loses that completely many posters may lose interest. And not everyone wants to jump all over the place to discuss different topics.
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  8. 06-28-12 12:46 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cougar Bait View Post
    My stance is that mods should focus on combining threads with the same topic (i.e. all the health care threads) instead of moving them.

    That alone removes the clutter, and allows for good debate for those who seek it.

    PT has always been the melting pot. If it loses that completely many posters may lose interest. And not everyone wants to jump all over the place to discuss different topics.
    Talking about healthcare is lame
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  9. 06-28-12 12:47 PM #9
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    People who post politics here are lame

    Need to find something better to do with their time
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  10. 06-28-12 12:49 PM #10
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    If I wanna hear lie after lie I will watch fox news channel
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  11. 06-28-12 12:53 PM #11
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    How about just not clicking the political threads?

    Then just go right to your LOCK thread and empty your account on that play.
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  12. 06-28-12 12:58 PM #12
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    This is a godam gamblin forum. I dont want to see stupid threads about Obama, Romney or the Supreme court in Players Talk. Posters that start off-topic threads in PT need to receive infractions and have points taken away.
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  13. 06-28-12 12:58 PM #13
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    I agree. However, I feel when an important political discussion takes place it should stay in PT for a little bit before being moved.
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  14. 06-28-12 12:59 PM #14
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    i didnt even know there was a politics forum til recently. i think politics get overdone here but a thread dealing with big issues doesnt bother me.
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  15. 06-28-12 01:02 PM #15
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    You'd really never know this is a sports gambling forum if you just clicked on the players talk section.
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  16. 06-28-12 01:11 PM #16
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    I agree if the thread has no capping angle except for May, June, July and early August. But then again, there are some crazy threads beneath politics so we circle back to player talk being no holds barred.
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  17. 06-28-12 01:19 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by frogsrangers View Post
    I agree

    Too many people talk about politics here

    For fuks sake people is this a sports gambling message board or a politics message board?

    If you want to talk politics go to fukin CNN or something

    Wonder if I went to CNN forums if they would have 95% sports gambling threads on the first page
    How much longer until we have an American/Electric car mandate?

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  18. 06-28-12 02:59 PM #18
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    Yeah, the political BS is finding it's way into half the actual capping threads too!
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  19. 06-28-12 03:03 PM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by frogsrangers View Post
    People who post politics here are lame

    Need to find something better to do with their time
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  20. 06-28-12 03:25 PM #20
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    Ummm, hate to point out the obvious to everyone, but if the Boss Man himself---John Walker is creating political threads on PT, I'm thinking discussing politics on PT is perfectly okay with him.

    http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-ta...on-thread.html

    Oh, and there is this. Today's decision, along with the 2000 recount decision, are probably the 2 most important decisions to come out of the Supreme Court in the last 40 years.

    So, yeah, I could see where some people may have an interest in that.
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  21. 06-28-12 03:31 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by MartinBlank View Post
    Ummm, hate to point out the obvious to everyone, but if the Boss Man himself---John Walker is creating political threads on PT, I'm thinking discussing politics on PT is perfectly okay with him.

    http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-ta...on-thread.html
    I figured my writing a disclaimer wasn't necessary
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  22. 06-28-12 09:05 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by MartinBlank View Post
    Ummm, hate to point out the obvious to everyone, but if the Boss Man himself---John Walker is creating political threads on PT, I'm thinking discussing politics on PT is perfectly okay with him.

    http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-ta...on-thread.html

    Oh, and there is this. Today's decision, along with the 2000 recount decision, are probably the 2 most important decisions to come out of the Supreme Court in the last 40 years.

    So, yeah, I could see where some people may have an interest in that.
    first of all, you are over-stating the importance of this decision, but regardless, thats one day, or one extraordinary event. It's every day here PT gets hammered with political threads.
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  23. 06-28-12 09:11 PM #23
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    Agreed
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  24. 06-28-12 09:17 PM #24
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    Why are there so many sports picks in PT from shitty handicappers when there are subforums for those sports? My daily grind is betting games. I come here to get away from real world shit like handicapping. I don't want to sift through a bunch of idiots' picks and opinions just to find political threads.
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  25. 06-28-12 09:18 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by BuddyBear View Post
    You'd really never know this is a sports gambling forum if you just clicked on the players talk section.
    Like it or not, Players Talk drives the entire forum.

    It all starts here.
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  26. 06-29-12 02:07 AM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by opie1988 View Post
    Like it or not, Players Talk drives the entire forum.

    It all starts here.

    PT really is the forum, which is why I don't want to see thread titles in the vein of "OBAMA IS A RETART SECRET MOOSLIM" and "MONKEY BOYS CANT THROW THE BALL" on the front page.

    Do your job, mod.
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  27. 06-29-12 02:42 AM #27
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    This is simple to me.

    People on this forum are gamblers, a.k.a players. This is a forum titled players talk. A forum for players to talk in its purest. It is the formation of the saloon that fukked it up.

    If you gamble, i.e. are a player, and have a topic to discuss - than there is no reason not to share it here.

    Mods need to stop being anal retentive and realize sub-forums do their job.

    Either make players talk and the saloon one and the same, or shut them both down and keep it to only sub-forums.
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