Quote from Gabfly1:
I find Lucrum's post very offensive and indecent. I don't think there should be any question about removing it. I'm surprised it has not already been removed. There are other offending posts authored by Lucrum. How much room do racist thugs get before they are banned?
However, when you remove the offensive posts but let the offender remain, then you effectively clean his slate and allow him that much more plausible deniability when the matter of his behavior comes up again. You essentially destroy the evidence piecemeal that, collectively, should be enough to ban him.
Personally, I think there should be a no-tolerance policy on racism, which is essentially hate speech. Once you let that cockroach in, it spawns.
EDIT: Oh, and his contrition is downright palpable: