I've had several posts removed without any warning, Trevor. It's no biggie.
I get a bit hot under the collar sometimes, especially towards one individual, but, he was a negative curmudgeon and deserved it.
Cheer up, dude, and stick around! We're here to enjoy astronomy, when the clouds allow us.
Note the rules are there to keep the site running the way it has been all these years -- to a particular level. Just cop this one and move on -- there's no point getting worked up and inciting personal attacks over an indiscretion; yours, theres, or whoevers.
H