I'm sure nothing you've hidden is offensive to anyone.. besides yourself.. and i'm sure you'd never delete posts just to keep the very little respect you have left.. would you?

If the hostility in the thread was so thinly spread that it was easily containable by deleting two relatively unseen/memorable posts, then this thread is hardly as barbaric and uncivil as you claim. Instead of preaching to the choir, you should reprimand those specific few posters who had their content deleted.

You preach it bro.