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Originally Posted by Professionalpoker
It strikes me as weird that you are adamant that someone needs to call for a boycott to do the right thing. 2+2 knows from experience that poker players in general and 2+2 members in particular don't like to be told what to do. Just ask DNegs and the folks that hated the fact that we endorsed a couple candidates.
2+2 is showing by example where we stand. We have turned down advertising/promotional requests from two Adelson properties that I know of and thousands of dollars in ad revenue. I personally have played about an hour of poker there in the last year, and that was only because a friend was playing. I felt dirty doing it, racked up and left. Won't be back. Other staff/ownership will not play there.
The rest of the community can think for themselves and should do what they think is right without anyone telling them what to do.
Well my point is that it seems like there are an awful lot of people, the Engineer especially, who feel that people, or more particularly the TDA, don't have the right to do what they wanted to do. Instead, they have jumped on the organization and its leaders for not boycotting the V, yet both the PPA and 2+2 are unwilling to call for a boycott officially, hiding under the excuse that "we don't want to tell people what to do". So after the fact, everyone is fine telling the TDA what to do. They just aren't willing to say it upfront.
You wouldn't even be "telling people what to do". You would be recommending what people should do. You would be informing people of an action that you believe will help in the fight. And just like the phonecalls to congressmen, one is good, but you really need a critical mass to make a difference. So when an influential organization like 2+2 or the PPA, with a platform that reaches thousands of poker players, decides NOT to try and help bring a critical mass to the boycott, but then openly criticizes others who don't boycott, it is a cop out.
If you feel that not using Adelsens property is so important to the fight, then why don't you tell people that? 2+2 had no problem telling people to vote for that NM ex governor because he was "best for poker". And please don't use the excuse of "it probably wouldn't work anyway". Because that's the very same criticism lots of people throw at the PPA and the Engineer about his daily action items.
So IMO if an organization that is leading the fight against Adelsen is not willing to advocate for a boycott, the they should STFU when people don't boycott them. Both PPA and Mason said "it's up to everyone to decide". So then let them decide.
Last edited by browser2920; 04-01-2015 at 05:33 AM.