Re:Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile...
by riffraff on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @02:50AM
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But the argument for not having cash so that it does not encourage robberies is a real argument and it does indeed work.
ATMs have long had devices that stain cash if you try to steal from them. Bank cashiers used to have "we don't have the keys to the vault" signs. Vaults that open at fixed times beyond the control of the cashiers are a thing.
Regulation and enforcement are important but removing opportunity and motive are also important.
Re:Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile...
by quantified on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @02:31PM
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Removing the reason you have to make death threats is the key. You don't go around looking for reasons to make death threats, making them somewhere else if you can't for a bet.
That's not my argument though. Gambling is not the equivalent of a gun in this situation. Gambling is the catalyst, sure, but the crime is making death threats. Removing all the reasons why people might make death threats in order to stop the death threats is going to be tricky.
If you want an analogy it's like the argument is 'Let's not have banks because they only encourage bank robbers!', and I'm here arguing that really we just need to make bank robbery a crime.