Bitcointalk is putting itself in a very bad light by the apparent conflict of interest and favouring BFL in this.
Let me get this straight, you think BCT is putting itself in a bad light over a few deleted posts in an abortion of a thread that no one reads, followed by posts in this thread that even fewer people will read?
Oh, wow... 581061 (and counting) views considered "no one"...
If that is what you believe, then you can understand that credibility matters. If you can understand that, you can understand why one's credibility matters.
That thread, and generally those that post the parade of garbage (not, necessarily, reposts of pertinent information (though, if you realize why that needs to be done, you understand that the thread is an abortion: no one will search for the nuggets)), have a net negative affect on any proceedings against BFL.
That doesn't make any sense.
Really, generally it doesn't matter if there's 7 or 700 pages in a topic. A newcomer won't read them all and either search or ask...