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Have no idea what you're talking about re the "no hotlinking", but I have no control over what other sites do.

"No hotlinking" means do NOT use the other site's image source. Save the image, upload it to your own server or something like image shack, then post it here. You're stealing bandwidth, and FR uses a LOT of bandwidth. I don't blame anyone for posting goatse or even worse to get you to knock off the hotlinking.

You don't have control over what other sites do, so don't be surprised if you get a shock on occasion when you're caught.

I noticed you've hotlinked the other images too, and don't be surprised if they give you a jolt as well one of these days. You want Free Republic banned from Day by Day or any of those other sites? I'm sure nobody else does!

Furthermore, if you had linked to the post where you got the Vietnam picture, paulat might have seen it IN CONTEXT and not have been offended.

HOTLINKING is STEALING.

Love the 'toons, but don't be a bandwidth thief. Thatisall.

I found the links in question. It comes from a site run by a FReeper. I've linked to things from her site for years...guess she decided to make a change...had one of her pics set for Friday which I've just downloaded & used ImageShack. As you might imagine, putting the threads together takes quite a bit of time & having to download everything would increase that quite a bit. Will continue to play it by ear until something like this rears its ugly head...

BTW, I knew what "no hotlinking" meant, but I was unaware of the above website's new modus operandi...

Chris Muir of DayByDay makes his stuff widely (and freely) available to newspapers and bloggers. I've even emailed him to express my appreciation of his 'toons I mentioned "that I saw on FreeRepublic", and he graciously answered my email. In that, he raised no objections to having his material on FR. He is a class act and GREAT political satirist! I just wish everybody would read DayByDay.