Just to mention a few things
1) George will fight for your rights, he has fought the government before to secure members' privacy - and he won! he will not give up your information and IPs like other forums.
2) George spends a LOT of money per month of bandwidth, I mean a LOT! so we need member support to have the forum running. I was shocked to learn just the number EF has to spend on bandwidth alone, not including the other expenses. If the members do not help, EF will not stay alive.