Topics That Disappear

bobby, citing which rule a post violates would reinforce the importance of rules and highlight the diligence with which they are enforced. I don't think anyone would ask for more than that, unless it were the post's creator. That type of discussion, I hope, is regularly conducted and, I would add, likely should remain private. I can certainly see a post being eliminated, but shouldn't there be some place in which it is referenced, even if only by date?

Incidentally, someone called me a 'dunderhead' today!

(Oh, that was me.)

I didn't mean to cause trouble about this and I don't need to know why a topic was removed but I spent a lot of time looking for it. It would be easier if there was a list of deleted topics. I remember in the past topics were locked when they got too rowdy I thought that was better.

Sometimes there is no rule. The presence of the rule would bring attention to something that the rule would be trying to ban. I know it's circular logic, but it's valid. For example, if a site is banned because it's nasty, or is malware infected, I'm not going to post the link or site name and say it's banned. It just goes away if it's referenced.

A good example on the coin forum is a Chinese site that pumps thousands of counterfeit coins and precious metal bars (along with anything else you can imagine... handbags, watches, sunglasses, etc) into this country every day. It's not allowed to be posted or referenced in any way. I'm not going to show 80,000 pairs of eyes a day where to buy counterfeit stuff. If I make a rule stating it's not allowed it defeats the purpose doesn't it?

There are other things like this too.

Circular logic is correct. "Because I said so" is what you tell little kids when you don't want to explain why. I think we are all adults on this forum.

Well no, we're not, but that's beside the point.

I've sent emails to members I think need them.

But by no means will I explain myself publicly. It would be damaging and I don't owe it and won't do it.

I'll say it again, just because you don't understand, doesn't mean I don't have a very good reason. If you can't trust me on that, there's not a thing I can do about it.

Also, sinclair2010, I would have responded to you since it was your topic if I had gotten your inquiry. I did respond to you today.

Yes, I got the message. Thank you.