I couldn't agree more. :)
Not directed at you ;) , but you touched on the general deletion issue. I think some people may have mis-read my original reply though, I was just referring to the Mass Prune options available where it would only be a couple of clicks for someone who gained control of a Global mods account to empty an entire forum, regardless of its size. I know what you are saying though, in that anyone who can delete topics anyway could potentially do the same thing, albeit it would take a lot longer without the Prune tool and they may be stopped before they can finish their "handiwork"
Again, could not agree more with that statement. :)
I do think this topic is going off its original tangent though...