Punki,
To me, it looks like if the moderator wants to lock or move the thread it's done. That is why I am SO AGAINST moderators-- EXCEPT-- for flame wars or poor or inflamatory language.
Talk boards have a mind and a life of their own. You want to comment you do... you dont.. you dont. If a topic becomes stagnant it dies for lack of attention.
So what if a post is inadvertantly placed in the wrong spot? Members of that thread either ignore it or suggest it be reposted. Look at Delta... we don't have some anal retentave moving, locking and otherwise messing with threads and it works!!!!!1