One additional note, my proposal doesn't account for controlling flaming, disrespect or general asshatery (discounting outright ridiculous things like blatantly insulting people, that's a no-no). That I am afraid is just one of the natures of communities our size. There is no way we can curtail people from speaking their minds publicly, if you ban someone from a list they will find somewhere else, equally as public, to be an asshat...and now they have valid ammunition...granted this "somewhere else" won't necessarily be visible to you (for any value of you) so your panties might get less bunchy...but frankly any damage will still be done... The point is so that you can *ignore* it when it happens...trying to stop it is an exercise in futility and will only make your hair gray and your stress level increase...people will be assholes...that's just people I'm afraid...