It was in good taste, since no one got harmed or ganged or develoepd a perma from it, and it was super funny. Personally, I think anti-OOC rules are mostly there to stop massive permagroups from dominating the MUD and the cabal wars, and to hold down OOC whinefests (though god knows they happen often enough anyway, I'm just as guilty as the next person).

If an imm wants to get creative in their echos, I think its more props to them.