I guess it's appropriate that I put my views across lest my own viewpoints are presumed to be something else.

Personally, I have used the edit posts function in the rare instances of needing to delete links to warez, add notice to the OP etc with edit reason clearly stated and/or a [MOD EDIT] tag. I have always been against editing people's words because it ruins the spirit of openness.

In cases where posts are unacceptable I prefer deleting them with reason instead of editing them. While others may not see the reasons for a post deletion the author indeed can see it from the user profile page. Here I am conflicted because I find it unfair to shame someone publicly with reasons for post deletion as the post could have been published in an unwitting moment.