Joe I don't want to see you over barrel - it is where you keep placing yourself with these attempted justifications. I would like to see you back contributing to our forum, where we could argue or agree on equal terms once again. I truly never doubt your good intentions. But........

Where do the deletions of my duplicate postings appear in your reasons 1 and 2?

Where does John's so-called unintelligible thread appear in your reasons 1 and 2?

They are not covered by these examples are they? What 'trouble' can these two non-abusive examples really bring to this community that you must delete, edit, move or make personal value judgements on our contributions to decide their suitability to appear on our forum?

Is this kind of heavy-handed action taken against honest contributions and being justified by references to protecting us from things like racist attacks - not creating even worse trouble and showing little respect for the whole concept of our forum? Is it really honest to attempt to make these claims.