Exactly!

If the Powers That Be see a need to delete something, I will presume until shown otherwise that they had a reason to do so- BUT the point that is made is that the thread then becomes non-sensical if there is no indication of deletion. Since guests do not get PM, the postings BY MEMBERS can be obtained IF DESIRED without offending anyone else ( I presume one would agree to possibly be offended by requesting ( by PM) a deleted post.