I know it sounded trite to people
No, it didn't. It struck a chord with me, as well as many other people. FReepers have other interests besides politics, and are compassionate folks. I really don't see the problem (but I'm sure a helpful FRee citizen will enlighten me), but JR (whose server space we munch up with every post) doesn't want trivial posts. I can respect that, but it's pretty danged difficult to pass up a thread that I am interested in, or have some knowledge about (and there're too few of those, some would say) that have absolutely nothing to do with politics.
The FreeRepublic is the best forum on the 'net. JimRob, when my revenue gets back in line, I'll send money. 'Til then, I hope Jessie the cat is chomping up lots o' Kibbles N' Bits. Meow. Oops! I meant, "Ciao!"