{"id":157,"date":"2006-01-22T10:12:03","date_gmt":"2006-01-22T10:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/?p=157"},"modified":"2022-01-29T09:46:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T14:46:06","slug":"revision-of-a-review-of-the-sword-of-the-spirit-society-web-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatetraining.org\/weblog\/revision-of-a-review-of-the-sword-of-the-spirit-society-web-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Revision of: A Review of &#8220;The Sword of the Spirit Society&#8221; Web Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Background&#8230;<\/strong><br>This is a revision of my <a href=\"\/blog\/dispute.txt\">original review<\/a> to which the owner of the web site took great exception. On all reviews and articles we post we make every effort to inform and solicit all involved parties to the review or story to read it and write a comment with additions or corrections. We do this because the involved parties can often provide unique perspectives. The owner of this site did not choose to comment however has asked for the review to be removed. The owner of the site was very upset with the harsh review we gave the web site. He felt the review was &#8220;a hatchet job and somewhat slanderous&#8221; and that &#8220;anyone who reads your site and then reads mine will see that you are a liar and are just trying to impede a good work&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Corrections and Observations&#8230;<\/strong><br>Amid the numerous insults of the owners reply was one correction that I did in fact over look, that the benefits of paying the membership fee is outlined and includes a free seminar or if you cannot attend a video. A nice feature however there are no real details about the upcoming or past seminars to help you determine if this is a worthy cause. Another point that the owner was very upset about was the assertion that the site was obviously a for-profit venture. The reason for this belief is the lack of clarity and amusingly (given his seemingly robust conviction for forthrightness) his self-serving and misleading links on his web site. Under the heading of &#8220;Non-Member Supporters&#8221; there are 5 listings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>JMACTIONDVD.COM Martial arts videos<\/li><li>The Living Word Home School Karate Program<\/li><li>Worldwide Business Systems,<\/li><li>web sites and business services<\/li><li>Video Services<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">All of these are owned and operated by the owner of &#8220;The Sword of the Spirit Society&#8221; web site. Now I see no problem with this however it is highly misleading and given the response of the owner it would seem he holds much higher standards. The only explanation that would be acceptable given the high standards he outlines in his email would be if he is not a member of the society he manages. Is this possible? This does not mean the site is &#8216;for-profit&#8217; however it does question the motivation. If I were to pay for a membership or make a donation I would like to see some clarification of the assertion that donations go &#8220;to support the works of the Society&#8221; specifically &#8220;other works&#8221; and specifically what &#8220;works&#8217; means? Does &#8220;works&#8221; include managing the web site?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Revised Review&#8230;<\/strong><br>So given the above I have decided to revise my review of the web site slightly. Not from fear or intimidation but out of fairness. The web site layout and design is still, in my opinion not very attractive, very plain and does in fact use frames which seem very dates (to me). I still assert that the most important part of a web site is its content. Again, the content (at the moment) is very minimal (2 articles and 2 events). The articles are not dated so it is impossible to get a feel for how frequently or how soon new articles will be added. I did read one of the articles (as previously stated) and it was very well written. Let me add that it was so well written I would be interested in reading more, if I knew when they would be available. The events listings need more information like contact information or other useful details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Despite the scathing emails from the owner I still think that the idea for the web site is good, however, I still feel the site was announced to soon. My previous statement that &#8220;<em>If you are curious feel free to check out the site but visiting the site more then once at the present time seems pointless.<\/em>&#8221; was simply meant to reenforce the fact that you can see everything in one visit and you are not given any indication of when you may see more content added. Because of this the overall review is not changed:<br>Site Rating: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/karatetraining.org\/blog\/media\/1\/20060122-2.gif\" alt=\"2 Stars out of 10\" width=\"139\" height=\"14\"><br>I hope the owner finds the above a fair review of the web site, though I doubt it. I would ask that others read the above review, visit the site and then post a comment. It is the nature of a review to point out both positive and negative impressions of the writer, my opinions. So please form your own and write them in the comments section. But please before you write please take a second and ask WWJD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background&#8230;This is a revision of my original review to which the owner of the web site took great exception. On all reviews and articles we post we make every effort to inform and solicit all involved parties to the review or story to read it and write a comment with additions or corrections. 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