The way I see it, five jackasses tried to hijack Nick's thread to pursue their own braindead years-old feud. When I didn't take the side of one faction, they turned their efforts to pissing on me. I won't establish the precedent that all you have to do to make me delete a thread is to just trash it. Nor will I make the Zone party to a factional feud. Nor does attacking me improve my disposition and incline me to be reasonable with jackasses.
You're exaggerating a bit--I only made one post disappear, Mr. Magoo muttering imprecations and living the role of Abe Simpson in "Old man yells at cloud".
You want me to play the role of Strong Man? Be careful what you ask for. Give me license to indulge myself, and I'll kick the asses of the people who annoy me, first and foremost the jackasses telling me I need to be more of a tyrant.