This.
We need more of this.
Single out the individuals who cause shit. Even, and especially, if it's me. Don't just blame bad threads on "the culture in General". Blame it on individuals. And give them a fucking spanking.
That way less people will think they can be dicks and hide behind the veil of "Oh, it's just General - all threads get locked eventually and we're all equally to blame".
Cos right now, that's what happens when someone slaps the "DEBATE" sticker on a thread. Everyone knows they can act with impunity amongst the herd of twats.
Nothing deters a troll better than being PMed by a neutral party who doesn't have time to split hairs with them.
I banned shit loads of people in my time. Many of them unjustly. But it was great. We only had awesome people left. All the cunts, half-cunts, quasi-cunts, seeming-cunts and possible-cunts were gone. No one could hide behind the he-said she-said pedantic-semantic bullshit that we have now.
Don't want to discuss the above with anyone, so don't bother debating me. I'm just trolling. Or maybe I'm not. In any case, I will not respond.
*jumps out the window*