You ought to be banned on account of that avatar.
I just went back and read it ... not sure what the bannable event was?
Honestly it's a convo I would have liked to jump in on, but I was travelling this week and just couldn't keep up with the activity. I agree with others here that the topic is one that deserves discussion.
Yes you're right - locked not banned.
And no - every time I logged in there were 33 new posts, some I agreed with and many that wanted to dig into further (none of yours - they all got +1's).