if somebody posts a "swipe" and nobody responds to it or the discussion that follows has nothing to do with the "swipe" then I see no reason for you NOT to delete it.

however you and I both know that wont be the case...a vast majority of the time when somebody posts an article as the subject it tends to spawn discussions that have EVERYTHING to do with the "swipe"...I personally see no problem with this.

i'd like to see where this whole thing about "swipes" is in the guidelines/TOS? seems to me like u are trying to regulate these boards based on your pet peeves...what is it about Okayactivist that makes mods want to become dictators?