Well, then. Since it's "getting personal" time, I'll agree with you. Posts remain "forever".
But not always visibly so.
Such as even some of your own comments, fairly recently (in the last few months), which ended up deleted.
On an extended note, I won't name who, but there is one [Roman] Catholic who I have witnessed ---applauded many comments --- which were then deleted by the moderator (for being too personal of nature, rather than be of the subject matter of the thread and discussion itself).
I thought to make a collection of them, and keep track of them, but of what use they could be (without getting personal) I couldn't quite figure.
There didn't appear to me to be any hope for salvation of it, as Smokey Backroom thread either. Though I suppose I could have made a comedy thread out of it, and labeled it "whiner's caucus".
Still, there would not have been enough redeeming value, so I let it all slide, along with the rest of the (some of it bad) water under the bridge...
Goodness gracious, I’m honored that you have time to track my posts! But for you, I would have never known about my deleted posts, given that I don’t check back and rarely post on RF threads for reasons Jim made clear today!