Hi again.
That's a day over. It's probably time to say something to restore some balance.
1. There are other forums where the moderators (or other management staff) would have edited a post that made a complaint like the one earlier. That might have been total removal but it could have been enough editing to take the edge off the comments. There would be excuses for such editing including removal of spam (another forum was mentioned for example) and maintaining safety (of their staff and/or of the poster since my location was mentioned - the British isles).
The right of the moderators is clearly set out in the Forum acceptable usage policy:
A moderator may choose, where they feel it appropriate for the good order of the forum, that they should themselves edit or delete a post submitted by a forum user.....
In all matters, the moderators' judgement is final.
[Taken from https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=8535.0]
So, anyway, the moderators (or other staff) haven't altered the original comments I made and that is, in my opinion, a considerable credit to them.
2. The moderators are merely volunteers trying their best, and while we will do the best we can, we cannot be everywhere all of the time, and we cannot get everything right all of the time, so we would appreciate your understanding if maybe things don't happen with the perfection you might desire.
[Also from the acceptable usage policy]
There are no fees extracted from the users and yet a good and useful service is provided.
3. This forum is considerably more tolerant (of all sorts of things) than most other scientific forums and this is, in my opinion, a significant point in favour of this forum.
4. I would be grateful if these points could be kept in mind for the future but that is all:
Section 3. Keep it family friendly
This site is intended to promote science for all, from 6 year old kids to people who are retired. Please make sure that whatever you post is suitable for young children, or even old fuddy duddies. You may be very liberal and open minded, but it does not mean that all the other forum users will be just as liberal and open minded, or in the case of young children, that their parents would be. Please bear this in mind when you post material to the forum.
None of this should prevent you from discussing delicate subjects (e.g. matters pertaining to human sexuality), but it should inform you as to the tone you should take when discussing such matters, or the kind of jokes you might reasonably make on the forum.
[Also from the forum acceptable usage policy]
I have children and I would not like them to have read this thread.
That's all. Thank you for running a good service and best wishes to everyone.