Stephen,
I can’t find the posts you are referring to from “The Unbound,…” thread based on the times you list. I will look further because the times on the posts may be off based on time zones from the time you have referenced.
That is really strange. I received notification of both posts late this afternoon, and the author of each was Rational_One. I simply cannot imagine how the email notification was sent out, yet the posts did not appear. I can forward you copies of what I recieved, if that will help.
However, regarding the series of posts (or perhaps raving rants is more accurate) deleted from the “Defending…” thread, there were several posts devoid of intellectual content, which were off-topic, full of personal attacks between two users who have already been warned about various issues. Furthermore, one of those users decided to divulge personal information about the other user which had absolutely no place on this forum. In the fray, one of your posts was deleted, not because of the reasons above, but because you had quoted in entirety one of the other offending posts that was deleted. Your deleted post was the one calling for action against one of the offenders.
Oh, that makes perfect sense. I’m glad that you (or, whomever did) removed that nonsense. The post I alluded to was ludicrous beyond belief.
While the question may arise as to maintaining an historical record with these posts, pending further investigation/action, there is a fair chance that one or both of those users is going to be banned anyway.
Well, for what it is worth, my opinion. Though I have found some of Citizen Publius’ posts to be, let’s say, a little strange, he seems relatively innocent and the one in question in that thread was, if not overly literate, pretty much on the mark and focused on actions of the other poster that happened here. By contrast, the offending post by Thesweetscience was unbelievably offensive and intended as hurtful, and focused solely on personal issues completely and totally unrelated to this forum. In my view, these two should not be treated equally in what transpired.
