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Player with name Islamic State tolerated on gpokr?
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Da Ri wrote
at 2:06 PM, Saturday May 28, 2016 EDT
One of my best friends lost a relative on the recent terrorist attacks in Brussels.
Now I see a player named 'Islamic State' sitting at gpokr. I really cannot understand and accept that gpokr 'tolerates' terrorism by giving a player the opportunity to adept such a name. It is unacceptable that gpokr gives a free forum to supporters of terrorism. Ban terrorism and idiots who can abuse a free forum. And shame on gpokr that tolerates this.Even the slightest form 'tolerance' for terrorism is unacceptable. It is a huge shame for the people who brought this site online. U should be ashamed to the deepest of your existance. I will NOT play on gpokr anymore as long as this player keeps the possibility of using this detestable name. |
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Wimmel wrote
at 2:44 PM, Saturday May 28, 2016 EDT I think the problem is also a cultural difference between America and Europe about what is acceptable and what not. In the US having the First Amendment, freedom of speech is absolute. In Europe it is limited by other human rights, see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_by_country#Europe
As a contradiction, nudity is generally no big deal in Europe, but that clashes with American companies who want to enforce their rules. Facebook even has to go to court because of that (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/facebook-faces-trial-in-france-over-nudity-censorship-case-a6871791.html). So it is probably very hard to make everybody happy in such cases..... |
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Da Ri wrote
at 3:02 PM, Saturday May 28, 2016 EDT I'm sorry, but I cannot accept this 'culture difference' between US and Europe. Freedom of speech ends where it starts to calls to violence and the killing of innocent people.
Any culture that is tolerant to organisations that call to to violence and killing innocents in the name of 'freedom of speech', is making itself accessary to violence against the victims. I hope as many pple as possible will support this demand for banishing 'Islamic State' on gpokr. |
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axjackson wrote
at 3:09 PM, Saturday May 28, 2016 EDT I'm from the US, but I agree that he should be banned. I'm all for free speech, but this isn't a town square. People want a pleasant environment to play poker, not be harassed. Ryan doesn't tolerate hate speech in the chat, and a guy who has callously named himself "Islamic State" is clearly a troll, so should be blocked on the same grounds.
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Da Ri wrote
at 3:13 PM, Saturday May 28, 2016 EDT Thx Ajax, at least already ONE sound and brave voice that understands how brutal it is to tolerate the name of a terroristic organisation as a player's name.
Please gpokr players, keep supporting this cry for help to ban 'IS' from our tables. |
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Snoods wrote
at 3:23 PM, Saturday May 28, 2016 EDT Plase get rid of this person no place here on a friendly site
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BrownEyeFullOfH8 wrote
at 3:30 PM, Saturday May 28, 2016 EDT Islamic State of: greg- can you do me a favor chronic: sure prclick is here chronic: you want me to remove it? prclick has left Islamic State of: can you delete this account. i dont want to be responsible for older folks on this site getting a heart attack southernman is here chronic: ok will do now...have to switch accts Islamic State of: guess they dont see the satire... Islamic State of: thanks |
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Stoney63 wrote
at 3:32 PM, Saturday May 28, 2016 EDT Da Ri, I agree with you 100%, Islamic State should be permanently banned from the site. First of all, if this site had any decency or class about it at all, a name like that wouldn't be permitted on this site to begin with. Just another reason I dropped my membership & lost interest in gpokr.
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Da Ri wrote
at 3:33 PM, Saturday May 28, 2016 EDT Sorry that I can't see the 'satire' of a guy who thinks it is funny to remind me of the grief and sadness my friend suffered through IS.
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BrownEyeFullOfH8 wrote
at 3:38 PM, Saturday May 28, 2016 EDT Stoney, you lost interest on this site! are you serious? you are here pretty much every day.
Dari- you are one tough cookie. account will be deleted, and yet you are not content. WTF? |
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BrownEyeFullOfH8 wrote
at 3:38 PM, Saturday May 28, 2016 EDT Stoney, you lost interest on this site! are you serious? you are here pretty much every day.
Dari- you are one tough cookie. account will be deleted, and yet you are not content. WTF? |