"but the right to say what one wants"(posted 8418 days ago)No bubba, you don't have that right. You have the right not to be persecuted for your views or comment, BUT you dont have the right to say anything you want, you cannot yell "FIRE" in a crowded movie theater, you don't have the right to insinuate things or make statements about a person or company without proof, etc.
I think you just don't get it, Ed deleted the messages for the response to your post, and he has already told us he made a mistake and deleted yours too, which aparently was inoffensive.
But you don't seem to understand that Ed first has a responsibility to himself ( he does not want to get sued), second a responsibility to all of us in keeping this Forum free of inflamatory and offensive posts, third and LAST he has a responsibility to your right of free speech. If the first two outweight yours, since this is a private forum he has the right to pull whatever post he wants, as you have been told already as a PRIVATE forum he has the RIGHT to do this! the same way he has the right to tell people to get out of his house if they are saying things that are inflamatory or offensive to him.