Tarheels4,
I've had a post or two deleted off myself. I had absolutely no problem with it happening. I'm a small $ Contributor here, but this site does not belong to me, it belongs to Marc, who has a HUGE investment in it in years and money. This is his place, and his rules apply. He and the other moderators are human beings, and are by definition, not perfect. Maybe there is sometimes a bit of inconsitancy in the moderation, but I think they do great, overall.
Marc has asked, time and again, to keep politics and religion out of the threads, even the off topic sections. He has that right, as sole owner of this site. The internet is NOT a place where "constitutionally guaranteed" rights hold sway, and so we don't have the right to discuss whatever we wish, when on a private site. I have been around here when political/religious toned posts were let go, and it coud get a little rough. Marc didn't keep this site open with this much participation by letting the site denigrate into something like that. There are plenty of other boards that one can go to for that. I visit a great MS Access board with an OT section. The political/religious threads are pretty grueling, and the biggest posters there don't really contribute much out on the main boards, much of the time. Great way for a site to implode.
As I noted, a couple of my own posts were zapped because of the tone. I should have used my head and not started posts like those, innocent as the intent was. Those subjects are not welcome here, and I must abide by that if I want to remain. I do want to remain, so I try to abide by that. If I get sick of the rules, or believe moderation is too inconsistant, I can exercise my right not to come here. I personally love it here, and am fine with the way things are run.
I also failed to see any reason for your post to Al Rosen. He simply made a short statement of reasons for thread termination.