hello; I was the OP of that thread. Got a notice it was deleted due to political content and out of bounds of forum rules. I do not know which mod did the delete as there was no ID. I looked for ID but there was none. I guess it does not matter.
I guess the topic could be labeled as political in a sense. However many topics can be said to have a political angle to some degree if stretched far enough. I was a bit confused as the thread did not seem to have as strong a political content and my intention was to gripe about a legal decision that seems wrong, at least to me. I was not very interested in the political angle myself.
At least I have not been threatened with a ban. Oh well, it is their forum and they get to make the rules. I did not realize I had ventured into a forbidden area.
Thanks to those who posted and to the lurkers who followed my thread.