Chilling effect

I've removed a blog post from last week after it sparked some heated discussion. I don't normally like to delete blog posts or comments--I prefer that people's statements stand, for better or worse--but in this case I felt prompted to do so. I'm not criticizing any of the commentors, and in fact a number of worthwhile points came up in the discussion. If you want to discuss it further, feel free to drop me a note. I don't plan to make deleting posts or comments a habit, nor do I want to muffle feisty discussions in the future.

And if you're chafing under the iron fist of my censorship, look at it this way: if you had the foresight to save or print out that post and comments, you now own a genuine collector's item. I bet you could sell that sucker on Ebay for major bucks.