A week ago I posted an image in the gallery and haven't been to this site, due to work commitments, till yesterday evening. I discovered a thread in this forum which is a personal attack on me and my image. Thanks to those who defended me in my absense. When I did reply, yesterday evening, the thread was locked after 7 days. The reason given was that the thread was getting personal. So I am unable to respond to the many points raised. What I would like to know is why the thread wasn't locked earlier as the thread is an attack on me and nothing less. Now I don't care about these silly comments that some people make and would prefer if the thread wasn't locked at all but if you are going to lock threads for these reasons why did it take a week?