I figured that & I just read your edit after posting this, below. Again, I am aware that that redaction was not made against me, only against my personal information
My thoughts exactly Bob...
Posts gone.
...that post of mine constituted one of the few times I have spoken or written about that time in my life in even the briefest detail, & I thought it dealt with the previous post rather beautifully. Sarcasticaly. I appreciate the support but if I am not at liberty to defend my opinions without swearing & without personal attacks or insults, I really think that provided I am comfortable with it, I should be. I would not have posted that if I was uncomfortable. I can assure you if I felt unable to deal with that post I'd have reported it. I really would rather not have to start reporting posts by people who either don't agree with me or have a dig at me, because I prefer to take responsibility. Losing my temper with Sammy was a different kettle of fish compared to my response to Darks Sides post.
As I am pretty convinced that the redactions in this case were in support of my case I really do appreciate it.
edit - & bear in mind I wrote the above before seeing Scotchs explanation & I'd happily edit it if you've been offended by it Scotch, because you redacted that post in good faith for good reasons.
Thanks Bob, to you too. Thanks very much. But I am not fishing for sympathy at all. I am not damaged by what happened to me, it made me the tough old bugger I am now. I am a happy, balanced, normal individual with a penchant for bloody long posts

Who knows what kind of person I might have become if not for that period in my life? I am very happy with who I am regardless of how I got here. I regret very much the shit I went through as a kid but I put it behind me a very, very long time ago. I don't have hang-ups about it all. My concern for the welfare of other children has nothing to with what happened to me & everything to do with the fact that I'd prefer children weren't fucking abused at all! Bear in mind that my abuse was violent & sadistic but never sexual, so the parallels with these cases & mine are thin. Despite what might be inferred by my investigations into the establishment paedo ring(s), I do not feel that my present life has been or is being affected by something that happened to me decades ago. I am not digging into all this because I got the shit beaten out of my systemically at school & it's all I ever think about. I dig into it all because it's interesting, because I am eager to find ammo to use against the establishment that hates us drugs users so much & because I love a conspiracy theory. Until anything serious is revealed & accepted, this shit really is all just conspiracy theory.
I re-read that & it sounds kinda angry but I'm not at all angry. Just saying
