I can delete this post as easily as I can delete a comment; the same effort is involved either way. If you request it, I would be quite happy to provide experimental evidence to this effect.

Voted down for misuse of the word 'exemplar'.

You would quickly vote my post down to the point where the only way to find it would be to search my profile for it meaning that the post would go nowhere.

Close, it would show up as '1 comment below threshold', an exemplar of success for the karma system.

1.) it can easily be deleted if he doesn't like it

Disregarding the fact that deleting a top level post is as easy as deleting a comment...how do you know this is his reason?