I read the deleted post in question, so it did indeed exist at one point in time.

If it was simply a glich in the system or what have you, a thousand pardons. These things do happen. However it sure looked suspiciously like a measure to effectively silence a "disagreable" poster. And this, coupled with the fact that at least one person in the forum is openly permitted to flame without any recourse while others are given very distinct warnings, and it shouldn't be too difficult to understand that I or any others began to wonder.