> However, I do not think it was my horrible lack of self-esteem which got my last post deleted. I was sort of thinking at the time that Sam might have gotten mad about some of the things I said while arguing that vegetarianism was bad.

A lack of self-esteem wouldn't have gotten me mad. Whether I was angry at your posts when I deleted them or not, I don't know -- I don't even remember this incident. But post deletion is not personal, and everybody here (even me!) has had posts deleted before. The policy has more info on that.