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And Moderators sometimes have the problem of leaving an inflammatory post while removing the replies that came as a result of it.  I see my reply to Wolf has been removed, but his question to me remains.  It makes it look like I can't answer stuff like that.

My reply was put there because there was a question, and by leaving that question intact, you are indicating that you're fine with the question being there.  If you're fine with the question being there then you should be fine with my reply to it.  My reply is my opinion and that is what was used as my reply.

You're effectively saying you're ok with the question, but you're not ok with the reply so you'll just delete the reply until the reply is acceptable to you.  If a person practiced such a move on the street, they'd be lynchmobbed.

You should either put back my reply or remove the bait, because as long as the bait remains, you're indicating it is ok to reply to it.

You can always take your response to sitemail. It keeps the thread from becoming argumentative or locked and can also keep it on track. That's something I miss from either my AOL or Compuserve days, when you could answer a particular post, but keep the main thread on track. At any rate answering via sitemail is the next best thing and probably the best solution.