Telling people to put their money where their mouth is is not pressuring them to gamble, it's pressuring them to stop being a douche.
Matthew, do you still want to bet that pirate will pay back his debt? I can't believe this, but if you really want, I'll bet.
Let's use the Vandroiy bet terms. They are well thought out and have been finely honed over the course of a week, if I remember that correctly. If Vandroiy wins his BTC5,000, then you will pay me. If Vandroiy loses, I will pay you. I think that is a fair offer, and I also think that everybody here will recognize it as one.
How much do you want to enter? Anybody else joining in? Unlikely, but the world (not to mention myself) is probably better off if anybody who believes that the pirate is an honest man loses his money.
I appreciate that some here tried to be protective against pressuring somebody into a bet (thanks!), but in my personal case there is no problem, because I think that bets can be useful tools to either stop people spouting nonsense or uncover that they are not serious and don't really mean what they say.
Would you bet with me? I give you 200BTC if he doesn't pay, and you give me 100BTC if he pays. What do you say?
(i'm dead serious)
I take this one as dead serious and offer the 100 if Vandroi looses........put up or not so serious anymore??
Cheers Zyk
Luckily for me, I've not once denied that this whole thing could be a ponzi, not have I ever attempted to convince anyone to join it. I've merely stated that what a person does with their own money is their own business.
