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Old 10-30-08, 11:35 PM
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You'd be surprised at the number of idiots in law school who didn't get that.
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Old 10-31-08, 08:10 AM
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rememember white people cant use that word.

but only another white person can call me a cracker
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Old 10-31-08, 09:32 AM
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Man man man,

donk and I were chatting, and this other person inserted themselves in the conversation by asking what we were talking about. So he responded. Simple. He didnt attack that person, he wasnt trying to offend that person, he was simply 'speaking' as he normally would. JOKING. He wasnt infering the person was black, white or purple. His posting "I didnt know the person was black" was simply meant to say....'if I had known (which he obv. couldnt) they were black and would throw a hissy fit, I would have chosen another witty slang word etc.'

IT WAS A JOKE...........we werent talking about smoking crack, he was joking about smoking crack. He didnt call the person a racial slur, not even close. To take an example used here further, what if we were talking about music, and the player asked something like "What line does he sing there?" and he types in "xxxxxxxxxxxx my nigga" from some rap song. Is that offensive to everyone? Should he have his chat banned? Should he be called immature and have his character questioned? Think about it in that context. He simply wasnt calling anyone anything. He was using a slang word that is widely used today. If you arent allowed a little slack to type/say things like this ON THE FRIGGIN INTERNET, where can you? The pc crowd has gone way too far.

To show you how silly this all was, I had my chat banned for a whopping 3 hours because when I was leaving I typed "later biatch". So, technically this can be construed as offensive in a certain context. If I had been speaking directly to another player and called them a 'bitch', maybe MAYBE I should be punished and/or reprimanded. But I was again JOKINGLY typing a word.

Donk posted this thread because he was asked to. RD asked for the details.
Again, the person could have ignored our chat. THEY ASKED US WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. The person at the tables had a stick up her ass, as do many of you here. Uninsert please.
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Old 10-31-08, 09:57 AM
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Old 10-31-08, 10:12 AM
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Here's why I agree with Stars. First and foremost, it is their site and they set the rules. They can ban your chat for using the word "shoe" if they want. Their site, their rules. If they have a customer that is offended by something that violates the terms of service, then they should (a) enforce their rules, and (b) try to appease the customer that didn't violate the rules, which makes perfectly good business sense.

I fail to see why they should have to enter into a determination of whether or not someone was joking or just using a widely accepted slang word (which I question); that would be a complete and utter waste of their time and money. You know which words violate their terms of service, so either don't use them or use them at the risk of having them ban your chat privileges. Should they just arbitrarily enforce their rules? I’m quite certain that most users would be rightfully upset if they saw a violation of the terms of service, pointed it out to Stars and then watched them to nothing.

I don't give a fuck what word was said, so this has nothing to do with being PC, at least for me. It has to do with the fact that it's their site, their rules and if you don't like it, don't play there. But complaining that they enforced a rule that you agreed to when you signed up to their site is naive, to put it kindly.
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Old 10-31-08, 12:48 PM
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I had my chat banned for calling someone an idiot on stars and you complaining about this?

Also who cares if your chat is banned. Do you feel the need to type while playing poker? If you do get on aim or something and practice your jokes and quips there.
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Old 10-31-08, 02:24 PM
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Simply put..... When with strangers (who you don't know their ethnicity), probably would be best to watch the offensive, rude & vulgar words you use.

That being said, I think PokerStars has somewhat exaggerated their chat policy rules.

This is an adult poker site. Although we should all act more like adults and be respectful of others at all times, we do on occasion have our moments, what I refer to as, "SNAP" time. I'm positive we all at one point have, "SNAPPED!" (whether you've been tilting or simply had a bad day).... and if you dare sit here and say you've never, then you're either dishonest or a saint.

In all honesty, even I have cursed at times on Stars and have lost chat for it.
Stars has also revoked my chat for months at a time for speaking a language other than English and for flooding. I believe the longest duration was 3 months.

I strongly believe Poker Stars should change their chat policy bans to a couple of hours to a max of 24 hours.

Longer periods of time is rather silly & a little retarded, given the fact they have the chat block option implemented, which no one uses since they'd rather abuse the moderator button instead.
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Old 10-31-08, 02:47 PM
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I understand and agree with all of this. It makes sense, and I cant refute it. However, I think the punishment should fit the crime. It doesn't here.
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Old 10-31-08, 03:18 PM
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If we were dealing with a governmental agency, sure the punishment should fit the crime. But we're not, and imo a private party should be able to decide upon whatever punishment they'd like without regard to whether it may fit or not.
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Old 10-31-08, 04:30 PM
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Of course, stars can do whatever the F they want as far as chat bans. That is obvious. Maybe he deserved to get his chat banned, maybe not.
But the personal attacks here are completely unwarranted imho. Cut him some slack gang.


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Old 10-31-08, 05:13 PM
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Stars can do whatever they want. I'm not suggesting that they can't.

But seriously RD... think of when you're at the casino. People curse and say "bad things" all the time without punishment. Just like the floorperson at a casino can make a judgment call (if any!), I think Pokerstars should review the chat and administer the ban as necessary.

Examples: (Not politically correct, so don't be offended...)

NIGGERS SHOULD DIE <-- ban chat for awhile plz

CRACK NIGGA! <-- few days for being an idiot


I dunno, whatever.
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Old 10-31-08, 06:35 PM
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That can't be further from the truth, Blacks freely use this word and they use it much more often than whites
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