Guys...I may be speaking for Ziroc here, but...
The point I was making is that Ziroc did consider the thread to be "spam"...now, I think he's rather lenient about most of the spam threads here, but when one gives him an excuse to shut it down, he's well within his right to do so. (He owns the place, after all!)
Lord Shield's comments weren't just on one particular post...they were throughout the entire last page of that thread. At least four or five individual posts with sexually explicit language, if not more. (I lost count). That's a LOT of stuff to go back and edit! Had it been just one post, it probably wouldn't have gotten out of hand.
On top of that, Ziroc said that others had e-mailed him complaining about the content of the thread. I have a feeling he probably wouldn't even have investigated the thread if it hadn't been for that.
Just to let you know...I knew nothing of this until I saw this post, then went and looked up the locked-up thread on the 2nd page to see what had happened.
A word of advice: In the future, if you see something like this happening, jump in and suggest calmly that the poster rethink what s/he posted. It can save a lot of heartache in the long run. Self-policing is always the best way. Most of the time, a person may be so caught up in the moment that they don't realize that others may be offended by what they're saying...a gentle word can bring things into focus quickly and then no one really gets hurt.
Okay, I've said my peace. I'm letting this drop.
[This message has been edited by Sazerac (edited 06-13-2001).]