I thought solicitation on FR was an offense? I've seen posts and threads pulled for this reason in the past. I think LOTR has a point here.
I don't think posting it is bad, because the forum, by it's nature, invites contrary opinions. And in this case Patrick Madrid made the post using his own name, so he wasn't trying to hide that fact. I think that's the whole point of the forum.
We just had a post for this book recently: Priest, Where Is Thy Mass? Mass, Where Is Thy Priest