On 05/16/2007 19:57:38 Alex > wrote:

> Maybe it's time to revisit the group's charter... the current one is

>> pretty minimal:

>> http://pages.ripco.net/~c4ha2na9/tea/charter.html

>> If there's agreement from the group, I think it might make sense to
>> specifically limit commercial posts entirely, or at least clarify the
>> policy on commercial posts, so that we don't have any ambiguity w/r/t
>> posts like this, and the Art of Tea post.

>> w

> Charter or no charter, I think we can all agree that no one needs to get
> their tea from anyone this unscrupulous.



Alex,
Did I miss something, or did
a representative of this company
answer that Adagio supplies them,
and they therefore used Adagio's
text to describe the tea supplied?
That's not unscrupulous, I don't
think, unless you refer to another
episode of unscrupulousness. Of
course this doesn't answer to the
question of whether we ought to
tolerate advertising here. On that
I tend to agree with you, although
a one shot ad doesn't offend me.
I *don't* find the teas offered
by this company particularly
attractive.
Michael