Thank you. I am quite sure your advice is wisdom. I just don’t use FR for that purpose, for escape and relaxation, but enough said. I’ll take your word for it that so many, many others do. Obviously, we see that there are a number of comments on this very thread. Thanks. Rita
In as much as you believe this, and similar, non-”hard news” threads do not belong on Free Republic, I refer you to the following official pages:
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post_article
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/topics
Carefully peruse them, and note the diversity presented, and reflect upon it.
I am very confident in my belief that if Jim didn’t condone this type of use of his bandwidth, that he would not have allowed these threads to be posted without zotting them; instead, he graciously provided specific places to post them.
Also, if such topics offend thee, then cut them off, by properly configuring your side-bar & Topics preferences: you’ll never see them again.