And for the record, I have spouted off on ill-advised emotional rants myself.  Guilty -- my bad; sorry for anyone on the receiving end or even having to read that drivel.

However, those posts are still out there.  I haven't deleted them.

I like to be able to delete comments and replace with a smile when the panties-in-a-bundle index reaches about 0.73 bundles per panty. It's like the online equivalent talcum powder.

Quotes are interesting as Joe says, because they can be edited.  Often as I'm reading a thread with all these redacted comments, my only clues are in what people quoted, because the quoted post has been deleted. 

It just really sucks to try to read a thread that's missing several posts -- and often they are critical posts to the overall tenor of the thread. 

As I read this site, I see a helluva lot of griping about the general tone and style of discourse around here.  Maybe making a post, knowing it will remain after you hit submit, and not being able to edit posts to make yourself look better in hindsight would encourage people to post a little thoughtfully and responsibly.  God knows we need it, Mountain Buzz is more civil than this place lately, and that ought to be embarrassing to all of us.  At least on the Buzz, people own their sh!t talking. 

I don't have stats or anything; I'm just going off something that I have noted to myself several times over a period of many months.  Not trying to target you in particular Leif, I've just noticed it on your posts.  Certainly others here do the same thing.

Frankly, this site is only 4th or 5th on my list of whitewater forums to follow -- and I don't on a daily basis.  A large part of that is the WKC-style angst/circular firing squad.  I'm prone to angst myself, so I try to avoid things that stir it up in me. 

Things like Joe and his 4th grade level humor.  Where's my green nalgene, you %$#$&*



-b