[competentone]

The "handicapped" thread got deleted too, I hadn't seen anything that got too out-of-hand on that one.

I didn't read the later posts on the BC-dinner thread, but early on could see the direction it was heading.

I think more "locking" of threads to stop them from degrading too far would be better than complete deletion. I don't like to see "good argument" just disappear (too "Orwellianish" for my tastes) but it's entirely the decision of the forum owner/moderators on how they want to handle complaints.