I suspect that someone bought a used computer and found the previous owner had a Freerepublic account...
LOL! I just cannot help my old-fashioned optimistic belief that logic and reason, presented in a respectful way, can drag people kicking and screaming out of the intellectual dark ages.
However, It is a far easier thing to have a firm anchor in ignorance than to set out on the troubled seas of thought.
Yea, it probably seems that way. As you get older, you get more.....mellow. 10 years ago I wanted to kick everyones butt, now, I worry about fooking whales. Be that as it may be, I really think the whales are getting the short end of the stick here.