It could have been that the Webmaster pulled the plug on the board because he was tired of the fighting. He started that site to provide an open forum for free speech. He was not making any money out of it, actually it probably was costing him money, and it turned out to be a pain in the neck. When he gets threatened with a law suit why bother to continue? I think the whole thing got out of hand. Free speech was the goal. To give an analogy: If I invite a guest to my home I welcome him/her to speak freely and enjoy my hospitality. If I catch them going through my checkbook to see what I have in it, just because I left it out on my office desk, I would feel that was an invasion of my privacy and abuse of my hospitality. I believe port scans and running my ip numbers to gather info. on me because you don't like what I wrote is akin to going through my checkbook. You might be able to do it, but should you? I think it would be poor manners. If I don't like what you write, I will respond by writing my retort - not by threatening you with lawsuits, etc. Free speech allows us to disagree. I may not like some of what you say, but I defend your right to say it. Alas, another forum gone because some adults are having problems acting like adults. That's my dos centavos on the issue.
Closet liberal are you!