I don't think it's "antiquated" at all. It's laid-out well, clean, easy to use, and most importantly, FAST. No super-complicated browser-breaking styles or frames. Just nice, simple, and functional. I love it.
Plus I can leave it up at work and people don't know what it is. *shifts eyes*
Leave it open for everybody. If Jim wants to make it pay-to-play, that's his prerogative, but I hope he doesn't. I think it's a HUGE plus for us that all sorts of people can come here, post, debate, argue, whatever. Social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, open-borders, closed-borders, paleos, neos, Yankees, Rebels, libertarians, you name it. Pretty much anybody but a troll or a straight-up liberal (usually synonymous) is welcome here. Just bring a thick skin and a willingness to debate.
Free Republic is proof that conservatives TRULY have the "big tent." On any semi-equivalent site that the liberals run, if you step one millimeter out of line, you're zotted. Not so here.
Thanks, Jim, for giving us the greatest site on the web.
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Amen.
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