I'm sorry I must have missed everyones (including EC1's) report of the offending post, when did you all make it or are you expecting the mods and myself to read every single post made on the forum?
When this thread was made I did have a quick look to see what the problem was and it seems to be because a laughing smily face was posted. If you really expect the mods or me to suspend or ban someone for that, then theres going to be a lot of suspensions and bans handed out, as theres a lot worse posted by others.
Mods can never win on forums, you are either accused of being too harsh or not doing enough, some people will remember Phil Waters, who 'everyone hated and wanted banned' except me it seemed. When I did finally ban him, I got over 30 pm's from people saying I had been too harsh and he had been banned unfairly.
It's a forum, on the internet. Thats it. Theres an ignore button if someone's getting on your nerves. You don't have to respond. You don't have to stop posting, nor do you have to post. Its not like someones walked up to you at work and punched you in the face.
I can count on one hand how many complaints I've had over the past few years, considering how many members and posts we have on here I don't think thats too bad, and we are obviously doing something right.
In case I've missed a post, if someone would like to report any posts that breach forum rules I'll take action against the member concerned.