Hey Eds, how about reserving the locking function to yourselves?
"If a thread is started and gets hijacked so that it no longer contributes to that original thread than the original poster has every right to lock it as you well know."
That's a new one on me. And cobblers.
More like "if I've posted stuff I wish I hadn't and my tree-hiding egger-on has too, locking is a good way of making it all fade away! ....