My second post, saying that you were sweet, might be considered defamatory and for this I apologize.

There may be need for others to apologise for posting their defamatory comments and name-calling - but as you explain - you were not doing this there is no need for you to apologise.

Perhaps you would accept that the all resulting comfusion could have been avoided if reference had been made to the fact that the post that had refreshed the thread and which you were responding to had been deleted and that this form of 'silent deletion' by persons unknown is couter productive?

For when there is no explanation provided in the form of editing comments - other posters could make the assumption that the posts deleted were far more objectionable that they in fact were.

For as we know - far more objectionable name-calling has not only been left as posted on our forum but has been seen to be encouraged to be inflicted on our forum from certain favoured posters, by those who still feel themselves qualified to impose their (often anonymous) judgment on others.