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[APD] Questionable advertising in Aquarium Fish Magazine



The following link is a scan of an advertisement that has been running 
for a few months now in Aquarium Fish Magazine.

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/gallery/files/5/0/5/8/7-16-200612-39-34PM_0001_original.jpg

After you read it, return to my post.

Obviously it is a scam intended to bilk unsuspecting novices into 
shelling out their hard earned money for information easily obtained on 
the internet, and of course many of the promises made in the ad are 
patently false ('scented blooms', 'bloom on demand', 'bloom all year 
'round', etc.)

What really bothers me is that Aquarium Fish Magazine's advertising and 
marketing department sees nothing wrong with accepting this sort of 
advertisement.

Do you all see anything wrong, immoral, or unethical about it?

I am canceling my subscription to AFM.
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