ORIGINAL: Morison
I *suspect* t hat there is language in the user agreement that limits the ability of a registered user to sue the forum owners for comments 'published' on the site.
Perhaps they were recently served with a threat of future legal action and decided to limit viewers to only those who have agrreed with the terms of use, eliminating the 'threat'.
Now 'Morrison' IF that is your real name...........what upstanding, moral person would do a thing like that? Oh wait.........no upstanding, moral person would.