If you had been on FR, back then, you WOULD have know all about that and much more. :-)
I was lurking, but couldn't read everything.
That's not necessarily true, today's FR is all about tabloid, the real news gets about 6 comments, Steve Irwin or Paris Hilton or Zot gets 300 or more comments. Gone are the days FR had discussions about 'current events', and replaced by the Dixie Chick mentality.