Based on my observations, deletions here have been few and far between, whereas the Rag board is subject to deletions on a much more regular basis. I would say it is much more likely that posts critical of Jerry and TG will remain up here as opposed to posts critical of Robes and the Sheets remaining up on the Rag board.

If your friend is Jim, who I know had posts deleted over here, I suppose Jerry had his reasons for taking the stuff down. I wouldn't dream of defending Jerry on this, and he can speak for himself.

None of us really have any 'rights' here. These guys are allowed to do what they want. I could care less if anyone deletes my stuff. We're all subject to the same whims of the same kooks. If you can't live with it, either don't read it, or don't post, or read and post or do whatever the hell you want.

If you are referring to today's stuff, David Patent put up, for lack of a better word, a 'blurb' that was an attack on Jerry, and then he put up the 'full length' version here (and which remains up, which would NEVER happen on the Rag board).

The 'full length' version was fine, but the 'blurb' struck me as dirty pool, since he knew damn well that there was no response possible since they delete every one of Jerry's responses. They took down Patent's 'blurb' version, which I suppose reflects well on 'the Sheets'. They haven't always taken down the these inherently one-sided jabs, but in this case they did the right thing. I think Patent knew full well what he was doing, and was either attempting to gain an extra foothold for his argument or working on a very weak sense of self-esteem, since the 'blurb' was totally unnecessary given his detailed post here.

You are right, being 'open' is a matter of something, whether you call it convenience or business judgement or anything else. I don't make these calls. I've been called far worse things than 'hypocrite'.

Have a nice weekend. HP