QR
Gents, methinks PPrune does not bow to pressure from QR, nor from any party for that matter, regarding the deletion of threads.
The mods will obviously (voluntarily) get the scissors out if the thread posted breaks the rules of the forum, such as being potentially libelous and if persons are directly "named".
But in this case, the OP probably deleted his original post and hence all the following posts went with it!
Aren't you all being a bit overly suspicious? Just because the letters P(prune) and Q(ataria) are next to each other in the alphabet doesn't mean that they are involved in anything more sinister............
I guess working for a dictator tends to make oneself nervous though. Been there too................