MOD POST - Please Read
I guess this is a plea for common sense more than anything else. It's the nature of this group that sometimes there will be a controversial thread, and that's fine, as long as we can discuss things in a respectful manner, even if the discussion gets a little heated at times.
However, making a post, waiting until it's generated a lot of discussion, and then deleting it and reposting the same thing, or something very similar, as a new post is not acceptable. It's especially not acceptable when the old post generated a lot of heated debate, because deleting that comments thread and reposting risks the same thing happening again, but this time with many people involved feeling defensive.
Whether intentionally, or otherwise, the effect is to troll the community. Please don't do this.
However, making a post, waiting until it's generated a lot of discussion, and then deleting it and reposting the same thing, or something very similar, as a new post is not acceptable. It's especially not acceptable when the old post generated a lot of heated debate, because deleting that comments thread and reposting risks the same thing happening again, but this time with many people involved feeling defensive.
Whether intentionally, or otherwise, the effect is to troll the community. Please don't do this.