Jouryokujin, if my math is correct I counted 17 deleted posts from that thread. They range from flaming other members (mind you since politics can be a subject with fierce feelings, a little more lattitude is allowed in the political forum so for them to be deleted for flaming, they are usually quit bad) to just being useless posts (believe me they were useless posts as they had nothing to comment on the thread topic, not that their political views were liked or disliked agreed with or disagreed with, just straight up useless). 4 came right before Psycho4Bud closed the thread. I don't know if you saw these last 4 deleted posts before they were deleted or all 17 deleted posts but I would like to know if you did and if your comments on this thread closure were based on seeing those posts or not seeing those posts because it makes a very big difference. Many times people don't see the posts before they get deleted and then they see a thread is closed and on the surface everything looks good but beneath the shine lies a darker hiden evil!

As a general rule, as thread begin to go downhill, we'll put the brakes on them instead of waiting till the have picked up terminal velocity and are rushing down the hill only to crush the villagers who live at the bottom. :jointsmile: