Firstly, can I thank the Mods for allowing this thread to live? I think it is only healthy for the members of a forum such as this to engage with the Mods about what is, and is not, acceptable. The following is written in a positive spirit and is not just me having a whinge.
Whilst acknowledging the right of the Mods to control content in accordance with the rules: I agree with a previous poster that simply having a post, or even an entire thread, removed without explanation is wrong in a society founded on the principle of freedom of expression, regardless of who owns the sand pit.
As I say: I accept entirely that there are circumstances in which content needs to be controlled. As an example, there was a thread running on another forum that was in danger of crossing a legal boundary. The Mods there removed all of its content, put in its place a single short post explaining what had been done and why, and then locked the thread.
IMHO, and in the words of the immortal Mr Punch: “That’s the way to do it!”
