"...this forum remains a fine place."

Seems to work pretty well, so far as I can see.

So basically we are agreed, Shambles.

There are people from time to time who wish to use the Mudcat to make racist posts, or post vicious lying attacks on vulnerable people, and that kind of stuff. When that happens, I am grateful when that posts like that get blocked. Sometimes, perhaps, posts get removed that really don't deserve it, but nothing's perfect in this world.

My suggestion about posting with a link indicates a way in which people who have their posts blocked, rightly or wrongly, can still have their say. They could even use it to find out if anyone else agreed with them that some post should not have been blocked or removed. I think that would be good enough for me, should that ever happen to a post I felt strongly about.