"It's A Serious Matter" is the signature chant [or cheer] for
Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc., the first African American Greek letter university sorority.

I'm a member of that sorority. I also am a member of this Mudcat community. And all jokes aside, I firmly believe that Bert's 14 Apr 06 - 06:58 PM question "Why was this [thread]deleted the first time?" should be taken seriously. I also very much believe that what Bee-dubya-ell said in his 14 Apr 06 - 09:44 PM post is a serious matter.

I have never been a "my country right or wrong" type of person.
I'm also not a "my online discussion forum right or wrong" type of perrson.

If -as it appears to be the case- any Mudcat moderator has a personal "shit list" and regularly or sometimes deletes the posts or threads of members or guests on that list just because he or she has a beef with those persons on that list, than that is not only serious-it is wrong.