I think what was meant was that the content was at once bordering on the risque, and the quality of the posts given the topic sucked (perhaps including a couple of mine
) . So between borderline inappropriateness, and low quality, Mikado pulled the plug. You can see the quality element in play, because then that gay Aussie put up a thread considerably more risque, but with a lot more quality, and what he got was kudos rather than brickbats.
In the end of course, mods each have their own style, no matter how much one might try/wish to stamp it out, because they're human with their own aesthetics and values. (If I were a mod, you can bank on it, that whatever Board I had would
not be a friendly place for those who indulge in personally attacking other posters - that is just where my aesthetics lie, and on that issue, my dress code would be strict, while on some other stuff, probably more laid back maybe.) That is why in my suggestion of moving to a three strike regime in lieu of a death point regime, I mentioned that for some of this, posters might want to consider doing their more edgy thing on Boards where the mod in residence's style gives them more running room than on a Board where the mod(s) have a stricter dress code on matters where a poster prefers to go casual.
Ah yes, the concept of "quality" is a difficult one. The philosophical novel,
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, spent a lot of time on that word, and what it means, and in the end, realized that totally getting one's arms around it was well - futile. Yet the concept will always be with us, and attend our lives, and in everything we do. No matter how much we might wish otherwise, there is no escape from ambiguity sometimes.
