BWL said "... If almost anyone else around here had said the very same thing, the post would still be there."

Maybe...and maybe not. You can't win an argument on hypotheticals. Nobody else says quite the same things as Martin G...or in quite the same way on in quite the same context, so presupposing what 'might' happen if they did is stretching a bit.

Martin has gone out of his way to make being offensive & insulting a major part of his persona, so I have no doubt that his posts get scrutinized more closely than some.

This ain't a democracy. I have seen management decisions that *I* disagree with, but I know....personally...most of the management, including at least 6-7 who can edit, and I know they are ALL trying to make it work as best they can. Yes, they all have real personalities and opinions and are human and they will sometimes make decisions differently than I might make....but it is an ATTEMPT to make this place work like John Stuart Mill suggested..."the greatest good for the greatest number".

   That being said, SOME decisions will not please everyone....so be it. I can't imagine a forum with this amount of freedom being any other way.