Admittedly, I may not have thought this totally through. However, as pointed out, the owner certainly has the legal right to do this. I do not see this as a "moral" issue in any event nor a First Amendment issue.
From an "ethical" point of view, my feeling is that both the strength and the curse of the Internet is the anonymity of it. People would never say some of the things they say and the way they say it if they had to identify themselves, as they do in a newspaper and other media.
"Irresponsible" is also very harsh in describing the moderator's actions, which I support.
People who contribute to the Forum do agree to the guidelines and the moderator can set the guidelines. As they say, if folks want to "brawl" they can "take it outside."
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