That may have been true in some cases, but in others, there's documentation about LJ asking them to change things.

Even so, the terms of service don't say, "We'll ask you to fix it before we delete it." In fact, they say exactly the opposite: they reserve the right to delete without warning. It would probably have been better customer service to be consistent about it, I agree, but if the problems were pervasive throughout the journal - well.