[alpayton]

I speak only from being an admin on another forum, but once things are deleted, they are not meant to be copied and shared with anyone who asks. It's deleted so that the discussion stops. There was obviously a reason for the thread to be deleted, rather than only certain posts be deleted, so why start up controversy? Seems that would be the only thing that would come of it. Once things are deleted, they stay that way on the forum I admin. Just my opinion.

If the people on my forum need a copy of everything they type, they need to print it out. That's the only way they guarantee themselves a copy. Otherwise, if it becomes deleted, they're out of luck.