The Guidelines are intended as just that guidelines on how you review. I guess the major issue is that when we delete reviews we explain why we do it and this explanation gets sent to the reviewer, we do this because we think that remaining transparent is the right way to do things. The inevitable next step is that the reviewer contacts us and tells us how we are morons and their review was completely legitimate (if I had any sense I would reply and point them at our forum as they would fit right in here) and that they will never leave another review on our site, a great loss as I am sure you will all appreciate. Now there is obviously nothing stopping us deleting any old review we want in reality, but it is nice if we have at least attempted to advise them that if you behave inappropriately you will be deleted, and that is where the guidelines come in.
In terms of the litigious, they make no difference, broadly speaking as long as we can be contacted, and we make every effort to address any concerns in a timely manner then there is no case against us - and where there is we can then sue the poster assuming we can track them down. The simple truth is though if we get sued the site is being closed and we throw in the towel, there is no defence fund. The advertising on the site doesn't even cover the cost of hosting it, every month me and Dave effectively dip into our pockets to keep it running. Now clearly we wont be complaining if it ever does make money (although I am buggered if I know how that is going to happen), but it doesn't alter the reality of the situation that it won't exist at all if a licensee gets wound up to the point where they sue.
Anyway, forget I mentioned it, I will certainly be doing my best to forget I mentioned it.