Seeing as some would have seen this, an explanation. The initial thread was not removed by me but another mod. The user (a new user) was trolling. They then started another thread questioning the mod and re-stating the initial post. I have seen this and banned the user involved (with an reason) and removed the duplicate thread.

I'm all for a bit of banter and if one of our posters creates a thread that attracts opposition attention then it's fair game. Posting new threads that are clearly trolling won't be tolerated though. That's what this was (in my and another mod's opinion).