Jedi Academy Online Bookstore - Opie Macleod

Brenna wrote:

Connor Lidell wrote:

Jestor wrote: I've always said: The person who writes the first book about Jedi Realism that gets put in a bookstore will be in command of the Jedi Path FOREVER. Why? Because they'll be on talk shows. They'll end up in a court room for copyright infringement. Their ideas will become the standard.

That is actually a scary thought...

Yea...

UH, the hoodie guys didn't hurt us...

THis won't either...

We don't care that you talked about it...

We dont like the links...

I know. I know.

We don't do it to just be jerks...

We are the largest and most active Jedi site on the internet...

So, by us posting stuff, it gets more exposure...

And, could appear we are endorsing it...

We are not...

We have not read it...

We are not condeming it either...

We simply don't know it...

And given Opie's distaste for the religious side of the Jedi path..

It seems counterproductive to our mission and ideals...

That's fine, Jestor.

So, would you like to put forth an official cease and desist notice?

I plan on complying with any council decision. As ALWAYS. I can't do that unless I'm asked to something, though.

Like I mentioned earlier. I don't believe this falls under "advertisement". It's my opinion. If I were to make a suggestion to the council on how to handle things like this in the future:

Change the verbage in the FAQ to specify advertisement to include ANY links to offsite material that offers monetary exchange. Unfortunately, that would severely limit any offsite links. I know MANY sites that we link to all the time that accept donations (wikipedia.org being the most prominent, youtube being close behind). I didn't post with any intention to have people buy anything. It's not my website...

Jestor wrote:
And given Opie's distaste for the religious side of the Jedi path..

It seems counterproductive to our mission and ideals...

This is exactly the reason I posted it too, by the way.

After further consideration this does constitute advertising in my opinion and I will remove the links.

I particularly like this statement:
"it should be a priority of all communities to be on the look out for material being presented to the public"

Opie being as "outspoken" as he is against jediism, i think it'd be best if totjo didn't help present his ideas to the public. Or help fund him through t-shirt sales.

That's fine.

Two things, just to be thorough on my part:
1. Consider asking the user to remove the links on their own first. Too much moderation = dictatorship in my opinion. Not good for my stomach. hahahaha. But, do what you'd like, of course.
2. Ignorance is not bliss.

Connor Lidell wrote:

Jestor wrote:
And given Opie's distaste for the religious side of the Jedi path..

It seems counterproductive to our mission and ideals...

This is exactly the reason I posted it too, by the way.

I promise you Connor, ren and I go round and round about "freedom of speech", "people's rights", all that stuff...

We do not take it lightly, or frivolously ...

This thread, stood, the links stayed, im sure more than one person went there, I did...

I hope you see what we mean...

(Dear public reader, Connor and I have exchanged PMs, and all is well...)

Hahah.

(Dear Public reader: All is ALWAYS well. I'm not an anti-productive troll. If I post a controversial topic, it's because I want discussions like this to take place. Besides... somebody needs to keep Jestor on his toes)

I know you don't take it lightly.

ren wrote: Opie being as "outspoken" as he is against jediism,

Just because I dont know any of the history, or politics, is this the conversation that people keep eluding to between Force realism and Jediism?

Appologies if im opening up a can of worms. Jestor, please delete if its an issue.