Norm,
 
The jerk posted an ad for his business - he's the center of the internet
(claims it's a slogan like Coke is 'the real thing'). He actually claims
it's his constitutional right to use the list as he sees fit! I consider
what he did to be spamming.
 
I'm beginning to doubt he could be a lawyer, but he claims to be one. His
logic is not great, and his grasp of legal concepts seems pretty weak. He
does appear to have mastered the belligerent brow-beating part, though.
 
Sadly, I cannot speak to your question about the list's charter. It hardly
matters though, because the moderator has made it quite clear in the short
time I've been on the list that ads were NOT welcome unless they were
directly related to the list's purpose, but discussion of ads and
marketing in general is welcome.
 
I do understand that lists which have clear charters are considerably
better off, particularly when this kind of nonsense starts up, though.
 
The free-market list went off-line late yesterday, but seems to be up
again as of around noon.
 
Thanks for your interest.
 
 Pax,  Dave
 
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On Thu, 6 Oct 1994, Norm Aleks wrote:
 
> This is fascinating.  What did this guy post, that made the list owner
> want to remove him from the list?  And what's the charter of the list?
> Specifically, was his "not condoned" posting within that charter, or was
> it a spam?