I'm not sure of your point Layla. A moderator apparently removed your original comment. I had nothing to do it with it. 

My observation had to do with the nature of the crowd and human beings generally. The former is prone to moral outrage, the latter like to form communities of us and them. You and I are no different than anyone else in this respect. 

Personally, I would rather have moderation in the hands of a few  reasonably well-trained people than the mob. And I return to my earlier point-- no one here owes you a platform for anything. If you don't like the moderation here, you are free to take your contributions elsewhere.

Personally, I think the fact that complaints remain here in this thread disproves the general whinging by some posters. If the Globe was as bad as is being made out to be, none of this would see the light of day. 

I know this is heresy--but maybe, just maybe, the ultimate responsibility for disappearing posts rests with poster, not the staff at the Globe.