Timeline for What is the status of professional video game players?
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| Feb 20, 2022 at 8:58 | answer | added | Kovy Jacob | timeline score: -1 | |
| Oct 12, 2019 at 21:41 | comment | added | SolaGratia | "professional gamblers in the times of the talmud, specifically in that both are not involved in "Yishuvo shel Olam" (loosely: the substantive betterment of the world)." Source? | |
| Oct 11, 2019 at 13:47 | comment | added | Oliver | @rikitikitembo Does R. Aviner hold the same regarding professional athletes (actors, many degrees in the Arts etc.) ? If he hasn’t voiced his opinion, you’d do a great service for the community if you were able to extend yourself and find out if so and/or his reasoning. | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 19:32 | comment | added | Al Berko | @rikitikitembo So is prostitution, if you wish (from Yeshuvo shel olam point only, of course). | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 19:30 | comment | added | Al Berko | @rikitikitembo I understand your confusion. In the times of the sages, gambling wasn't a part of the national economy. Those people did not generate any extra jobs, all they did was to exchange money between themselves. Today gambling is a huge entertainment industry, generating thousands of jobs, lots of taxing etc. So it surely falls under Yeshuvo shel Olam. | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 19:25 | comment | added | rikitikitembo | @AlBerko so did/does gambling | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 19:21 | comment | added | Al Berko | It is a common mistake to think that, rooted in differences in our economies. Today everyone who represents a niche in the national economy is taking a part in Yeshuvo Shel Olam, even by providing additional income and paying taxes. Don't forget, that just like other athletes, their work provides opportunities for hundreds of other jobs | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 19:10 | comment | added | kouty | So what may be the problem, there is no Asmachta and not Baki byishuvo Shel olam is not prohibited per se. | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 19:08 | comment | added | rikitikitembo | @kouty not necessarily | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 19:05 | comment | added | kouty | The question is about psul leedut? | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 18:23 | comment | added | rikitikitembo | FWIW I just asked Rav Aviner this question and he said it would be forbidden for the reason I proposed as well as moshav leitzim | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackJudaism/status/1182355306329837568 | ||
| Oct 10, 2019 at 16:22 | history | edited | DonielF |
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| Oct 10, 2019 at 15:01 | comment | added | rikitikitembo | @rosends on the one hand forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/07/14/… but on the other I'm not sure why it matters either from a halachic standpoint either. | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 14:54 | comment | added | rosends | @rikitikitembo that begs a host of question, not the least of which is, if that is quantifiably true, why does it matter? | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 14:53 | comment | added | rosends | @DoubleAA I don't think that they should be. The question seems to treat video gamers as distinct. | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 14:29 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | @rosends why should those be different | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 14:24 | comment | added | rikitikitembo | @rosends they are not performing any athletic feats, I would assume | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 14:19 | comment | added | rosends | Why would they be equated to gamblers and not professional athletes? | |
| Oct 10, 2019 at 14:16 | history | asked | rikitikitembo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |