Do posters intend to hurt the feelings of other members?

@oregonpapa : Almost every post I have had removed on Audiogon was meant to be and obviously was meant in good natured humor.

I know that is tough for a moderator, especially if they don’t have the time to know various members or research the context of a post they are considering deleting. But then you run into the issue of deleting posts that shouldn’t be while any number of mean spirited posts go untouched.

I actually got a kick out of one of mine that was deleted. It was a Monty Python quote in reply to another Monty Python quote: "Yes, well, that’s the kind of blinkered Philistine pig ignorance I’ve come to expect from you non-creative garbage."

I think it is funny because who, other than John Cleese, would say something like that these days?

...and now for something completely different!

Are you not allowed to copy and paste somebody else’s post? I copied another post to update it on a new page and my post got deleted but the original post remained...

I truly think the Americans found Monty Python way funnier than us darn Brits ever did.

Lol

T.ramey.

For sure you can copy and paste a complete post.

But here is the crazy part.

Maybe somebody only saw your copied/ pasted post and took exception to it and reported it but did not bother to report the original post.
Hence your post got deleted but the original stayed.

It really does not matter the content of a post,if nobody reports it, highly unlikely it would be deleted as mods do not trawl through threads without a very good reason.

As I have said I believe just the action of a post being reported can spell its end if the mod in question does not take the time to fully read the post, the thread and it's entire import and content. Which is highly unlikely to ever happen.