On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 20:31:52 +0000, (Steve Firth)
wrote:

John Stumbles wrote:

You may
think TMF is a mouthy b*** but it seems clear to me that his posts are
motivated by a wish to share the joys and woes of his working life with us
rather than soliciting more business than he needs.

I don't think much one way or the other about Dave and his lifestyle
choices. However his stealth advertising is out of place here.

Nonsense. There are plenty of professionals posting to their relevant
forums with taglines and signatures that advertise their
trade...myself included. In general such posters are welcome in their
associated forums.

If others
started to post thinly disguised business advertising it wouldn't be
long before the general population started to complain.

Depends on how useful their posts were.

Just because someone is seen as OK, pleasant, friendly etc. is no reason
to persuade them to continue to commit newsgroup abuse.

Because someone is helpful and knowledgeable it's a good idea to
encourage such a resource to stick around.

Either that or declare a general amnesty and I'll start advertising my
businesses here.

Go ahead....but bear in mind that when you do so, you associate your
business with your posts...and that can work in more than one way..

Regards,



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