Discouraging to see this morning that a separate thread in Chit Chat yesterday, created by prberk, (one of our nicest forum members), was removed. He wanted to share the news about Orlando, and posted it a few hours after the incident, yesterday morning. People shared comments in his thread about the senseless tragedy. I shared that I saw on TV, the many people offering to donate blood, and how businesses in the area were providing free water and food to people waiting in long lines. (Even after an evil event, there's always good people that volunteer their help.) A few other members mentioned different opinions about a debate on firearms.
Anyway, I logged out here yesterday around 4:30 p.m., and this morning I noticed the entire thread was removed. Not sure where the thread went after I last saw it yesterday; but obviously, it got derailed enough for it to be deleted by the mods. I only wish that the respectful tone to acknowledge the victims could have been maintained in that original thread, (and other side discussions could have been taken to a different thread, to discuss those only), as I think that was prberk's intent, to just share a thread to express our condolences and/or prayers.