Sometimes, though, I do find it baffling why threads are closed! For a public discussion forum, threads are closed when there is no real reason - for example:
1. The Close Encounter over London - Yes, I concede there was no story, but why not let the discussion continue???
2. The Diplomat acquitted at Isleworth Crown Court for an Air rage incident due to "taking too much medication!" - Why close that thread??? No one, ASFAIK, had insulted anyone yet many people in aviation were absolutely scandalised by the judge's decision! Why was that thread (or threads, as the discussion was started a few times) not allowed to run its course???
If a thread is not legal, decent, honest or truthful or contains controversy which could be reported in the gutter press, I can understand the need to delete individual postings, censor names or close threads down - it just seems sometimes as though there's a bit of "Big Brother Knows Best" in here sometimes!!!
.........apart from the odd minor annoyance, pprune's a bloody ggod place to stop by though!!!