Rob Smith wrote:
> "Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4571bae9$0$759$4c56ba96@master.news.zetnet.ne t...
>> "Rob Smith" <robsmith@dsl.pipes.com> wrote in message
>> news:9M6dnSw9AcmuPuzYnZ2dnUVZ8tOdnZ2d@pipex.net...
>>> The mangosteen is known to help all types of ailments. With over 40 years
>>> of scientific research and 100s of years of folklaw. Take a look at
>>> www.mymangosteen.com/robsmith and do your own research into xanthones.
>>> This may help some of you.
>> Another name for it is Snake Oil.
>>
>> Mary
>>> Sorry Mary but you are wrong. I did say do some research which you haven't
>>> done
>>
>
>
Sure she's wrong, snake oil was a valuable commodity, and even the
"snake oil salesmen" of ill repute who sold fake snake oil weren't
breaking any laws in selling unapproved medications, and weren't posting
commercial advertisements on Usenet support groups in contravention of
their ISP's conditions of use.
They were really quite tame by comparison.
Tim Jackson