Delete a Post instead of Locking a Thread

[rkr1958]

I've seen threads locked due to a poster going over the line. Case in point, https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1331014#1331014

Now to be honest, this thread had probably run it's course and probably needed to be locked. But, for those instances where it's just the one post that causes a thread to be locked would it not be possible for the mods to delete or edit the offending post?

[offline]

It is possible to remove a post and we do this
from time to time. Other times we just lock the
topic because it shows what and what is not
acceptable behaviour. To remove problem posts
all the time would increase our workload.

[Supreme2k]

Other times we just lock the
topic because it shows what and what is not
acceptable behaviour.

And what exactly was not acceptable behavior in this thread?

[offline]

I was refering to
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1331014#1331014

Of course threads may be locked for other reasons than there being
a particular problem. Like now, as this question has been answered.