Was a thread deleted for being controversial, rather than libelous?
And "I’m not for one minute suggesting that Paul Barber, or anyone else at the club is controlling or censoring the forum, but as emotions run high certain threads have been deemed controversial /libellous by moderators and...
Surely the point of banning someone from here is to stop them posting, so if he's banned from here, why don't you delete his post?
But Harty's comments weren't face to face, they were to a larger audience and so it's more likely to bother people when they're wrong.