JimH,

If we agree that the boat "review" is strictly a PR advertisement, i.e. an
article disguised as a review, that is actually an ad for the boat, don't
you agree that the "ad" was well written, on topic and interesting even if
you have no plans on buying a 2.2 million dollar boat?

Since the idea of rec.boats is to discuss boats, doesn't Gould's post
qualify as an excellent post that help to encourage boating discussions?

If you think about SPAM as something an individual or company profits from
posting in a NG, don't you agree that Gould, the magazine or the boat
builder will not profit from the post. It might be considered SPAM if the
article posted was for a $20,000 - $100,000 boat, because the boat builder
might profit from the publication in the NG, but I would still think it
would be appropriate for rec.boats because it would encourage boating
discussions.

But that is just my opinion.

"JimH" wrote in message
...
Would it make a difference if I claimed to be the author?

"Butch Davis" wrote in message
k.net...
Yes, spam! But, boating spam.

Butch
"JimH" wrote in message
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