I do agree with Dave that discussions about Hanks private life/medical issues are not about music and should not be allowed in the main forum.
However the Lounge part of the forum does say "you can post anything in here"
Dave did receive complaints about the thread before he deleted it & indeed gave his reasons for doing so, I see no problem with that.
The lounge area I thought was a "gossip" type of place to chat about things not suitable for the music part of the forum, I very rarely go there so can't comment further than that.
I honestly don't know if the thread about Hanks interviews is offensive or not ( it was not to me personally) but I think Dave was correct to err on the side of caution if there was suspicion that the facts reported were incorrect. However this raises the question that if the interview was indeed factual, should the debate be allowed to continue ?
There has to be some sort of control exercised in this forum & it is a unsteady line to tread at times at the best of times.
I do like Daves forthright manner & usually agree with what he says, if it had been a discussion about how the problems talked about affected Hanks music making/touring I think it would have been be an interesting subject, but ..............
I agree with what has been said before "Wot Bob said"
Dick.