Absinthe, could you provide links to these copies?
Many of us would appreciate it greatly.
Also, I wonder why someone who has spent years running a site would pull it down because of one racist, homophobic, misogynistic, pseudo-conservative (welfare-leeching), pseudo-Christian (revenge-obsessed), semi-literate, no-talent poster who is still haunted by his "conspiracy to have carnal knowledge of a minor."
Why shut down instead of excising the bloated, hairy cancer?
Because that board is the Internet's largest repository of Sweet's libelous comments about his former roommate, his former colleagues at The Herald and about Arkansas State University itself, I wonder if AJM might have received a request to purge the site of Mr. Sweet's libels or face legal action. There is a Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled that websites aren't responsible for what users post; but if instances of libel or defamation are pointed out, the site can become liable for damages if it doesn't remove the material. If someone got in contact with AJM and made such a request, shutting down the site would be much easier than removing years' worth of Mr. Sweet's raving lies.