Might I be informed of the exact reason why you asked to have the thread locked?

And would it be safe to assume that the opinions expressed to the moderator by the members of your group carry more weight than that of the average member?

And a member of that special group engages in the discussion in this thread and when it doesn’t go the way he wishes he then turns around and calls me names and reports the thread as useless.

That is behaviour which most civil folks frown upon. We shall see if the company does too.