Deleted thread?! Why censor debate?

[Chalet1882]

Pete,

Please explain with details how it went down a path you didn't approve of.

Also explain why you felt the need to remove the whole thread rather than an individual post.

this is a video of a round about and also resembles what the thread was turning into :cheers:

[qblockpete]

I gave the figures spent in good faith, most will judge them to be true

[toboboly]

Pete,

Please explain with details how it went down a path you didn't approve of.

Also explain why you felt the need to remove the whole thread rather than an individual post.

[vblockranger]

hmmm argument must have started to go against Pete then....he always deletes those he knows he cat win. Take no notice of FurtiveFox, talks rubbish :-)

[qblockpete]

it went down a path not relevant to what I waas talking about.

I was making the point on what we spent, then it degenerated into a farce.

I stand by what I said about loans and the compartively low expenditure considering we were aiming for champions league football or premiership in 12 months time.

(next year being 4th year)

[Chalet1882]

well done pete as it was getting a roundabout debate and not worth continuing

i said it clear ure both right in ure own ways

gp "if" he is a lyer he will get find out and will get his comupance
if not hell ride off into the sunset with a £20 note plugged up his #### by the orange donut him self

[toboboly]

Really. Can you tell me how it degenerated?

If it were the case then delete the offending post. Not the entire thread.

[FurtiveFox]

The thread had degenerated and Pete made the right decision to draw a line under it. Sorry but sometimes hard decisions have to be made and it takes a true leader to follow those decisions through. Well done Pete.

[toboboly]

This thread;

http://www.wearetherangersboys.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52660

Has disappeared.

Just in case anyone was unsure what it regarded Pete started it and said that he thought that the club had not spent very much in the time of Briatore's chairmanship.

A few people agree with him, and the figures that he posted regarding how much players had been bought and sold for.

However a few people, myself included, didn't think that his statistics were accurate and explained why. For example we posted links from the official website and some links from this very board from previous threads.

Pete was adamant he was correct but despite my queries as to where he had gotten his information and could he please post it up so that it could be verified he was either unwilling, or unable to do so.

However I have come back to see if Pete had proven me and others wrong (I was willing to apologise straight away if that was the case) but the thread has gone. Not moved, but completely deleted.

Why is this? Surely it can't be because Pete was so out with his stats that it reflected badly on the message board? If thats the case he could just say sorry and admit he made a mistake. There were no profanities or slurs going on either.

This censorship when things are exposed as incorrect gives out very mixed signals. However can people judge matters if they cannot participate nor see both sides of the argument?

I presume they are not supposed to.