Nigel, it wasn't your post but the one that followed it and possibly others further up the thread, and the whole general tenor of the discussion that caused it to be closed.

Your posting was at least on-topic, restrained and not particularly an ad hominem attack, and clearly wasn't the reason why the thread was closed.

Joe Offer is, as far as I can tell, a senior member of a select group of people (sometimes called mud-elves) who are allowed to edit and delete Mudcat posts, mostly doing so to remove spam, of which there is a lot but it mostly gets zapped within minutes, but also to set some limits to debates that get out of hand with personal attacks.

Anahata