"If FR dies, that’s that." - Jim Robinson [Jim's reply at post # 588]

freerepublic.com ^ | 1/11/11 | paulycy

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

You’re getting kinda pathetic.

[RCFlyer]

I signed up for dollar-a-day.

Couldn’t live without FreeRepubic.

Appreciate what Jim Robinson does.

Appreciate all the defenders of true Christianity, who challenge the false claims of M-ism... and who must put up with Mormon advocates who pick fights, play the victim, then talk down FreeRepublic. God bless the defenders.

I appreciate the defenders of conservatism.

I pray God leads this site.

[Sidebar Moderator]

It sucks on some many levels...

[Quix]

Quite understandable.

Cheers.

[paulycy]

I signed up for dollar-a-day.

Thank you very, very much. It is very important to many, many people.

[MalPearce]

DJ,

Jim himself mentioned something about sending people off to Hannity’s forum so I cracked a joke about it. Maybe the self-deprecating Yorkshire humor I’ve grown up with, loses something in the translation from English to, er, English.

So thanks for the feedback.

All joking aside, if I knew what kind of internet traffic Jim needs to support and a rough idea of what it’s costing him to keep FR going there’s a possibility I might be able to help given that I do the security work for a few internet hosting companies local to Yorkshire.

[Quix]

wimpy snarkiness is just NOT doin it right!

LOL.

[Netizen]

You quoted Notary Sojac not me. I think you meant to direct your post to them.

[eastforker]

Sure I do, your motive is to convert all mormons away from the mormon church and to your brand of salvation.As if your brand has a monopoly on that sort of thing.

[Jim Robinson]

If we run ads we’re commercial. If we are commercial we run into more problems claiming fair use. We’d have to scrub our archives and really clamp down hard on our posters. I’d rather do with less income and retain more freedom.

[Quix]

Well, you may be right about that. We typically ban abortionist/homosexual activists on their first post. We give long-term posters more leeway when they first come out of the RINO closet, but not much. We find that newbie abortionist/homosexualist/gun-grabbing/big spending/big taxing/open-borders RINO type activists rarely work out, so best just to exclude them right out of the gate and save both sides a lot of grief.

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ABSOLUTELY INDEED.

THX for that.

[Just_de_facts]

Greetings from Iraq and yes you are completely right about the aborto-homos. As Barney Fife would say “Nip it in the bud”.

[DJ MacWoW]

Sorry. Didn’t mean to bring up any bad memories! ;-)

[metmom]

But I’ve NEVER seen a real FReeper get the zot who was not first counselled and warned. Maybe even ignored. But after much persistence on their part - they finally get their wish and are zotted.

Agree 100%.

Suicide by mod. For some, it's a badge of honor to be zotted off FR. Then they can go and lick their wounds and whine about what's become of FR over the years.

But in every case where an old timer is involved, they are warned,....often repeatedly.

At that point, the decision has become theirs.

[Quix]

INDEED. Wise.

[onyx]

Jim just wrote,


Woo hoo!!

And this just in:

$25.00 from Texas
$25.00 from North Carolina
$10.00 from Pennsylvania
$10.00 monthly from Washington
$20.00 from Never Never Land
$15.00 monthly from Michigan
$50.00 from Never Never Land
$5.00 monthly from Washington
$35.00 from Never Never Land
$20.00 monthly from Never Never Land
$50.00 from Florida
$50.00 from Ohio
$20.00 monthly from Michigan
$20.00 monthly from Tennessee
$100.00 from California
$10.00 from Never Never Land
$20.00 from Ohio
$15.00 from Texas
$50.00 from Texas
$50.00 from Never Never Land
$10.00 from Illinois
$10.00 from California
$50.00 from California

Thank you all very much!!

Woo hoo!! The first TWENTY FIVE percent is in!! Thank you all very much!!

[Quix]

Yup. With good cornbread.

[paulycy]

I’d rather do with less income and retain more freedom.

That message is coming through loud and clear, at least to some of us.

What about specific goals for donations though? What about a specific goal to replace the 8th server, for instance? What about a price and a timeline to get that up and running? That would give us a concrete goal to donate for, and something that we could see as an accomplishment once it is up and running.

I, for one, have no illusion about forcing anything down anyone's throat here, especially yours Jim. We are powerless as we should be.

But I think there are a lot of people who can kick in more money and more in-kind services without destroying your vision of FR. Is it possible for us to do so?

[Sidebar Moderator]

lol

[little jeremiah]

I usually donate $10 to $15, more if I can afford it, every freepathon lately, and I live on a bit more than $1000 a month. For two people. So if I can afford that, anyone can.