I also stated that I reviewed his post history and told him that the post should have been on the OFF Topic Board.
I didn't delete it because if I followed the rules, I could delete dozens of posts daily, sometime as much as 100, most are off topic.
You should have made those clarifications.
Trips, politics, sports and many other topics are posted daily. As long as they don't overpower the content of the board, I let them pass, but others may delete some of the messages.