beobuff:

Peter :

I can see no posts that have been deleted today. We do delete posts - usually duplicate ones. The site filter also will hold up some posts due to inappropriate language, though that is automatic. Very rarely is a post deleted for other reasons - advertising, defaming another person or a post that could cause offense are about all that I can think of. We do have a couple of individuals who due to their actions have been banned and their attempts to post are not tolerated.

Otherwise, I will defend the right of free speech as far as I possibly can and I know the other moderators feel the same. I have no idea what iphone is posting about. 

I have no idea what the present flap is about, but I would like to note for the record that you did choose to delete a post I made a few weeks back with a tongue-in-cheek comment I made about our American President Bush, citing it as being political and likely to be offensive to some members. I was fascinated to see that you did not choose to delete a subsequent negative comment a U. K. poster made in a different thread in reference to your P. M. Gordon Brown. Apparent you choose to extend the rights of free speech to your compatriots but not to those in the former colonies. Did you folks not learn anything from the events of 1776?

Can we please put everything into context here. I do not know the comment to which you refer beobuff as I don't read everything posted on Beoworld as it would be nigh on impossible for me to do so and lead a normal life at the same time. To be perfectly honest with you I don't know the political inclinataions & viewpoints of any of the other moderators on site - nor do I wish to know them as my only interest here is the B&O brand and I'm sure this goes for the rest of the moderating team. What I can assure you is that Beoworld is a forum for B&O enthusiasts and is run accordingly, sometimes politcal issues do crop up and we deal with them as we see fit and accordingly at the time. However as a non poltical organisation we are bound to get things wrong from time to time and if you feel this is the case then I offer my personal apologies - we only strive to make the world a better place for enthusiasts of this brand and not as a platform for global harmony and peace to all mankind. Although that would be nice

As for 1776 we learned that we shouldn't really supply armaments to people who could so readily turn them against us but the biggest lesson was in 1773 when we should have learned the value of tea & over taxing. 1776 would probably never have happened if this had been the case - but don't expect me to start apologising for the failings of my forebears - I only apologise for my own actions, full stop.

I am locking this thread for now as I feel it is basically going nowhere constructive and it isn't offering anything at all to the forum other than creating ill feeing & suspicions which I guess was the OP's original intention in anycase. Beobuff please feel free to PM me if you feel you need to open a discussion on your post which was deleted.