Wow, I think we all need to agree to disagree on this subject or else it will never end.
IMO I feel that putting corn out in a specific location to lure deer to that one spot is unethical. I see this different then planting a food plot because a food plot is multiple acres(ie. hundreds of square feet) where as a corn pile is maybe 3 square feet. When deer are coming to a pile of corn they are walking to a specific, small area. However when deer go to a food plot....They have hundreds of square feet to roam, and seeing how this is a bowhunting forum....most of us take shots of under 30 yds so if would be impossible to cover the entire food plot in your effective killing range. Back to the pile of corn....you can cover the entire pile with one stand and get shots at all deer coming to the pile....Back at the plot, you have to put up multiple stands and try to guess which trail the deer will take to the field. So my point here is that even with the advantage of a food plot you can't get all of the deer within range, where as with a pile of corn you can....that is why I don't think food plots are considered baiting.

As to all of this BS with scents and lures and decoys being baiting...as one other person on hear mentioned but I don't remember who...I've never seena herd of deer change their daily patterns to go to a can of tinks.

In the end, its legal in some states, illegal in others, so wether you feel it is right or wrong, ethical or unethical, fair or unfair, it happens so you are going to have to deal with it and allow people to have their own opinions because thats what we live in....a Democracy, not a Dictatorship.