"Perhaps you would accept that the all resulting comfusion could have been avoided if reference had been made to the fact that the post that had refreshed the thread and which you were responding to had been deleted and that this form of 'silent deletion' by persons unknown is couter productive?"

What confusion? Perhaps you would accept that no-one else was confused and that you just chose to pretend that you were to make a point? Perhaps you would accept that you've been told many times that it's counter productive to comment on each and every editting action? Perhaps you would accept that the moderators aren't going to give in to your demands unless instructed to by Max?