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Absolutely. In fact they are welcomed. However, if someone presents them in a nasty fashion and then threatens to never post again if any one of their posts is ever deleted, I'm less likely to view the criticism as constructive.
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The intent of the criticism should be of no consequence to you. It was useful, even if it was mean-spirited. Overzealous censorship, on the other hand, is only useful to the stupid and the easily-offended.
What sweet irony it is that the deletion of Paul's most vitriolic
insult was given rhetorical force by the very object of his derision. Was he being subversive, or is 2+2 simply too dumb to realize that they are standing in a hole and should probably stop digging?