Count me in for giving the OP the power to delete posts from someone who attempts to degrade or derail the topic.
I'm all for letting the OP decide the content and direction of the thread. If the OP wants to keep tight control of a topic I'm OK with that. Anything goes,,, well that's OK too. A good healthy disagreement can be just as informative as a "group hug" type of thread.
Let the OP decide.
Personally, what I dislike the most is when a responder or responders hijack a thread, and take the conversation in a direction that has absolutely nothing to do with the OP's question or concern. All too often the thread regresses to a sniping session and the initial subject is destroyed.
It's times like this when the OP should have the power to get the thread back, "on topic".
If you don't like the way a particular OP restricts threads,,, don't read his or her posts!
I can't speak for anyone else but myself, but with so many of these threads ending up off topic, I'm no longer as enthused about opening up Audiogon as I used to be.
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