Part of me would be inclined that he banned it himself because he was fed up with trying to wake people up to issues.
I'd ban my selfie thread to kill it.!
if a Ninja bans his own thread, doesn't that make it Seppuku?
I'm glad. I personally don't think someone with authority should make such edgy posts (that's our thing). the natural order is; we make edgy threads, Ninja's ban them.
a Ninja should not use his Banhammer to crush the opinions of the innocent.