@amon In response to the meta question (objection), Thomas Owens outlined his linear way of thinking: IF this, THEN that. IF that, THEN it should be deleted immediately.
There are disputed about the timeline, i.e. order of the OP's second edit and the deletion. It is apparent that some mods and senior users took that as a sign of insincerity, or something deserving a punishment. It shows that certain Stack Exchange sites have stopped being a civil discourse, and there's need for a criminal justice view on coming to a widely-accepted consensus regarding regulating the behaviors of all users …