Nope! I respect our moderators too much to argue or question their judgment regarding the warnings they issue. My question to you still stands unanswered, though.
In context with the sidebar as I had read it, post 2577 appeared to focus the claim at a particular Freeper rather than broadly at arms length. To keep the thread from drifting into motivations of the messenger rather than the message, I posted a warning. If it were particularly offensive, i.e. likely to incite a flame war, I would have pulled it.
Warnings are intended to calm the debate and for that reason, everyone in the sidebar is to consider himself warned if anyone has been warned.
Tease the dog all you want; but PLEASE!; do NOT complain if it gets off the chain and BITES YOU!