I have had comments deleted in the past. Usually they are ones where I have politely suggested that the original poster rewrite the letter to make it more readable. Simple things like punctuation, spelling, etc.

It was my understanding that when a comment is deleted that the poster of the comment was supposed to be sent an email explaining why it was deleted. I never received an explanation of why the comments were deleted.

I agree with you Venice that lately it seems like comments of those type and worse are being allowed. I have no problem with some of my comments being deleted but all such similar comments should be deleted as well. It should be fair and equal.