Charlotte - have you ever moderated a forum? It can demand a lot of time and attention, and a forum that's likely to be as contentious as a FaF one would need a great deal of moderating. I'm not saying don't do it, specially if volunteers can be found, but bear in mind that like motorways forums can create more traffic than they relieve (and a FaF one would would soon attract BnB supporters and become battleground).

My main point was to remind others that starting a FaF forum would not remove the topic from Mudcat. I won't mention mudmod policy here, because I may not, but I can say that there are plenty of people with enlightened views on this website, so in that sense Mudcat is self-moderating, and that's a good thing if we want open-minded debate around thius.

Taconicus if understand what you're saying I don't think you need to worry on that score if you are a genuine supporter of freedom.