what is the purpose of the membership in these forum?

[David]

Originally Posted by ariel

Is it the official policy of the entire Forum, or only of this particular sub-Forum?

The sister sub-Forum Keris Warung Kopi is, as we speak, cheerfully discussing another new book, its academic level and, - oh horror! - the price:-)
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...921#post147921

Please forgive me Andrew for this brief re-opening of this issue, however, i think that it is important to allow Ariel and others who may be asking themselves the above question to understand what the differences are here. Though numbers are being thrown around on this book discussions on the keris forum, this thread was presented as a discussion of the book itself without any further information on how or where to buy the book. The question being raised here is whether or not this (or any) book is worth the cover price. It is not a commercial advertisement for the book as the Samurai thread appeared to be. Apples and oranges. For clarification, the rules on commercial threads in the keris forum are the same as they are in any of the other sub forums and will be dealt with in the same manner.