[Chancellor Palpatine]

Look, if you don't like the direction the thread went, just ask nicely that it be deleted. Don't spam your own thread in the hope that it gets nuked - thats ridiculous.

[Notwithstanding]

I have never posted something in an effort to have a thread pulled.

Never.

I have never seen threads pulled for repetition of posts.

Never.

[Notwithstanding]

apparently YOU are the expert at ensuring threads get deleted