[EveningStar]

Well, there's a real easy way for Free Republic to set that policy into effect -- they just dispense with the thread that specifies the excerpts -- and just make it a mandatory requirement for all posting... that's all that has to be done.

I think that would be in Free Republic's best interests to do so. I also think it would be legally and morally proper.

And it's much more than someone not wanting to click on a link. It's that the link disappears after a while, when the website updates the stories and you completely lose the story. You have "no information" then, for any future readers. This is a way to keep the "information" archived so that future readers can see it. I've got articles from years back, that are no longer on the link, but they are included on Free Republic and provide good "resource material" for future reference and proof and future discussion.

I sympathize totally. However, Free Republic has not secured the rights to become such an archive.

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

I think that would be in Free Republic's best interests to do so. I also think it would be legally and morally proper.

I'm sure we'll all be notified if that comes about ...

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I sympathize totally. However, Free Republic has not secured the rights to become such an archive.

Free Republic already is... :-)