I'm astonished at the narrow-mindedness of folks who continually espouse the concept of community, open discussion and freedom of speech. That goes over the line for me. Especially not in public. Seems a bit of a stretch. Ed himself can be a schmuck, I'm not defending his flame baiting.
Censorship can be a dangerous thang.
And who's to say you posts wouldn't be the next ones to be excised. I think Michael is the ideal list owner, not indifferent, maybe not even simply tolerant, but smart enough to let listmembers work things out on their own. Smart enough to know it's not his place to judge who should and shouldn't be allowed to post.