So, based on a theoretical “what if” they can close threads? that’s fuzzy logic at best.
And I’d already stated that I had found sources. Why would I need more?
I think maybe you should continue pursuit of this percieved injustice in the pit thread about it or by email to one or more of the mods; this forum isn’t the place.
Yup, based on an expectation of where a thread may be headed, we can close a thread.
You were asking, among other things, about the price Dopers paid for their absinthe. That’s one step away from “where did you get it?”.
Hence, the thread was closed.
Further grievances can be posted in the Pit, where a thread on this very subject is already in progress.