Anyone who feels the need to announce their departure of Free Republic is seemingly immature, (in my humble opinion), and they also suffer from that well known affliction in which the person getting the disease becomes convinced the whole world is standing on pins and needlesby, obsessed at what they do.
I mean, do those who leave FR really expect other members to beg them, "please, please don't go. Don't do it."
I expect to be beseeched, cajoled, and possibly physically restrained by my fellow FReepers should I try to leave.