I didn't see the end of the debate. When I looked in at 6.28pm things were heating up as so often happens. I posted a request for calm.
However, obviously things got out of hand and Mod2 had to mop up later that evening.
As we've explained many times before, the forum admin makes it very difficult to selectively remove posts, as they are not presented as they appear on the live forum. We see each post in isolation, and have to make a judgement on what we see.
If an innocent post was removed due to its being misunderstood, then I can only apologise.
When a post 'kicks off' and users become abusive, the best advice is to stand well clear and let them get on with it. Leave it to the mods to clear up the mess later!