Erika, It has nothing to do with bandwidth could care less. It has nothing to do with the product, or the man, it has everything to do with EQUALITY for all. There are many fine members of this list with products to sell, and I believe ALL are interested in the well being of the GSDs, without a doubt. My point was that you may have missed if one person is allowed REPEATEDLY to advertise and promote a product that he or she benefits from directly, then ALL should be allowed to do so.. Now having said that, this obviously cannot occur as it would become an advertising list instead of a GSD list. There are many many Listers with products, services , or ideas to promote...one should not be "more equal" than the rest. We all have signature lines and can use those. I have no doubt that Chuck is a fine retired vet , interested in the breed, etc, etc. But if he is allowed to continuously promote his product, even in form of a response to queries, publicly, than everyone else should have the same leeway. We and others get questions all the time, we DO NOT respond with a public ad for the product we endorse.. that is why we have a link on our site, that is why we answer those questions privately...unless and this is the caveat, we are asked specifically about a product BY NAME, and publicly. I hope you feel better venting you anger at me, sometimes that is helpful. I am not playing POLICE as you assumed, but merely sick to death of the barrage of advertising of this product...fair is fair. But you have a great evening and good for you for speaking you mind. Gotta love the First Amendment, huh? Warmest regards. Kathy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================