Terribly sorry to but in - well, not really - but arguments are a good thing. However would anything change if the line of thought was "no reason to keep the argument alive and accessible"?

And yes, it's possible that it would've changed something. Maybe a new person would've joined the comm, found the thread, realized new things, and written the kinds of fics that are rare in this fandom. (As well as got more aware of their own and other people's socially conditioned line of thinking.) Who knows. Either way, it's not like the argument would've killed this community or its peace or anything.

And it's not like it would've been "alive" that long - a couple of days and it would've been so far back in people's flists they'd have started to forget the whole thing.

Btw, I'm not trying to cause an argument here. Really I'm not, lol.