BeeDeeDubbleU - 12:11 pm on Jun 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

While I KNOW that google practically considers any non-automated intervention in it's serps as some form of sacrilige ...

I agree with what you are saying Webfusion but Adsense is not part of their automated system. Applicants for Adsense must apply and be manually screened before acceptance. It's the total absence of quality control and follow up in Google that is the problem here.

Incidentally they tell Adwords users, "Our technology ensures that your ads appear in the most relevant locations across the Web so that your customers find you", so it follows that they must consider scraper sites to be relevant.