Hi Susan...was not offended by your post...very seldom if ever have I been offended by anything someone has posted to this list...some of the things I have sent have made me wish I could get it back, I agree with Fred...that my dear was an advertisement...it was a great advertisement...I really got a picture of the dog..it peeked my curiosity...which is the goal of what a good advertisement should be...I understand why the admin and most list members no not want advertisements here...hell I even think litter brags are a form of advertisement...I responded privately to a litter brag a few weeks ago and there is a good chance I will buy one of the pups from this litter, since my bitch crashed and burned ( failed to get pregnant)...I would not know about this litter had it not been for the litter brag....here comes another analogy Tom...advertisements much like pornography can be hard to define...but I know it when I see it....lol...FB ----- Original Message ----- From: <EKOLAN1@xxxxxxx> To: <susan-sullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:35 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Yasko von Farbenspiel Is this an ad > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > In a message dated 1/5/2005 12:30:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, > psharp212@xxxxxxx writes: > >> Before we start, this is not an advertisement. I have no monetary >> interest >> >> in >> this dog, nor do I want to cram him down your throats. This is about a >> German >> dog I saw so you might want to delete this message if you think you are >> going to >> be offended. >> > What your saying is if I get my friend who lives in another state who > has > no monitory interest in my stud dog to get on the list and sing the > praises of > my dog that's not promoting or advertising. A way around the rules. > Fred M. > > > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. 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 ============================================================================