@whart the forum rules do prohibit political discussions. The volunteer mods would have to babysit this place day and night to make sure that the policies are followed. That's not going to happen. So they skim quickly and delete here and there, sometimes entire threads. A lot of times a polite and sensible post gets wiped out because it's sandwiched in between some of the obnoxious posts. I'm a mod on another type of forum which isn't as busy as this one.Over there we have the luxury of time to ask nicely to cease and desist,several times if necessary. The incorrigible are banned.This is a private company with the right to make and enforce their own rules. But with only a couple of mods here it's pretty much impossible to do much enforcement.