Give careful thought to where you’ve drawn your lines in the sand, and what you will do when they are crossed.
Sometimes the smallest incident, the smallest act or gesture made by an individual can precipitate great change in history.
I have my lines in the sand. Hopefully, you do, too.
Members that have traceable ISP addresses and out going cookies on a main frame server located (speaking hypothetically of course) in the US? Not to mention of course that if (again hypothetically speaking) that private forum operated with donations or credit card billings recorded in a Paypal or other online payment service, the government potentially could have court quality evidence of the "hard core counter-revolutionaries" making it possible for the privately owned forum to operate as online meeting place for the commiters of "hate-crimes" and "other terrorists".
If you don't believe that the 'rats are going to use all of the ownderful new tools we gave the government after 9/11 (PATRIOT for example) to go after "domestic terrorists" I got a really pretty bridge to sell you...
Wait for that to come back into style again, folks. "Domestic Terrorists" -- fresh out of 1995 and barrack for an encore in 2010.