"Mike" wrote in message
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I see the main problem with spamming is that they clutter up your incoming
mailbox. So in that vain, we had one generous offer for a christmas
discount
on lures, and 25+ e-mails regarding the offer....

That is email spam, not newsgroup spam. A thread can simply be ignored.

So which is worse; one that could be easily deleted or FIFTY replies and
comments to sift through?

So, without the initial spam we would not have had 50 replies.

The problem is not with Joe's post, only. The thing I think Ken, and others
including myself, have a problem with is people turning this group into an
"ad group". I've seen this happen before. After time, all you will see is 50
posts about people's ebay ads and 1 post on actual fishing.

To quote the Charter: "Money-making schemes, advertising, and other types of
fishing are not appropriate in the group."

I personally don't think Joe's post was completly out of line but I respect
Ken's right to state it's "spam" (in this case, I don't think I'd agree 100%
with that statement, though).