Hi Dakota, I understand why this looks strange to you... you may not be aware of the long history A.I. Watcher has of coming to CBF and shaking things up every once in a while. A.I. is on a journey, and he is passionate about his take on Christianity. Guess was a troll who was trying to move the conversation in another direction, one that was not on topic for CBF. I delete "no name" troll posts that are merely flamebait. The particular discussion he was interested in having could happen at other BL boards. I didn't want CBF to go off in that direction and detract from what I believe is an important message that A.I. Watcher brings to us. Let's not pretend we have free speech - we don't. I regularly delete announcements about web sites, hateful flames, links to inappropriate content, etc. What I *do* leave behind is stuff that I consider useful to the mission of CBF. That doesn't mean that I agree with every post on the board - but it does mean that these posts are generally directly relevant to the mission of promoting a thoughtful, safe, self-critical environment for Christians BLs to have community. Peace of Christ, Bach |