Re: FREE tips on dealing with stress, eating well, recipies and more!

Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:52:05
-0500:

> "Alan Mackenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Thu, 13 Nov 2003 23:35:42 -0500:
>> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

>> Why not learn how to post on newsgroups properly?

>> > Want to Feel Healthier?
>> > We are a multi-partnered project

>> A whit?  Since when have projects had "partners"?

>> > at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay ON, Canada.

>> Never heard of it.  Since when have academic project participants been
>> posting anonymously and using hotmail addresses?

>> > Overseen by a team of researchers and health experts, we are
>> > dedicated to the prevention of disease and the promotion of health.

>> Pull the other one!  You're a spammer, plain and simple, as nasty and
>> money-grabbing as any other.  Kindly go forth and procreate.

> Yes, I realize that I placed multiple listings and was afraid that it
> may appear as SPAM. However, my reply should indicate that it is not
> and that the contents of the website, that I am so excited about, is
> genuine.

> This is a multi-partner project, the website was put together with
> input from individuals of many different organizations (click on "meet
> the team" to see who).

> Never heard of Lakehead University? Check out Lakehead's website
> www.lakeheadu.ca

OK.  Would I find there evidence of your connection with the University?

> Finally, nowhere on the www.successfulaging.ca website are we or will
> we ask for money. To use the resources of the website you do not have
> to sign-up or leave your email. I to am aware of SPAM, which is why I
> refuse to leave my personal email in newsgroups. But rest assured, I
> will answer any email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove the
> last "m").

> With the current resources, this is the only way to let people know
> about the website on a global scale.

You mean, you regard your website as important enough to abuse our (and
other) newsgroups with off-topic advertising for it?  How is this not
spam?  Perhaps we don't quite share your perceptions about your
importance, and are less than happy about posts which violate the
charters of our newsgroups, and dilute their value.

> It is easy to criticize in a world of deceit, but one must be careful
> not to overgeneralize to those who are here for good intentions.  Peter
> Brink, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

OK, Peter, thanks for your name.  But really, if your project were a
scientific one, I'd be looking for details of your department,
supervisor's name, aim of research, and so forth, simply as a token of
good faith.  And phrases like "Want to feal healthier?" and "I am so
excited about it" and "we are a multi-partnered project" don't exactly
suggest scientific motivation.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter
(like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").