i'm not very good at the techie stuff as most of you know but the bit i've highlighted first...
how do you know that there are not mods who have a 'more liberal attitude'? the mods at present have a wide variety of views and we, the mods, know that from having to debate every contencious post that some posters make - so painful and time consuming...
the second bit... the folk that overstep the mark are well aware of where the boundaries are. if they continue, like wee children to push them, the warning system at present and pms leave them in no doubt - if they continue to cross them then h*ll mend them. the problem is that most wee children like boudaries, feel comfortable with them...
it' possible that a complaints forum like p&b is a possibility and it would be interesting to see the views of the posters on here about that.
i for one get a bit fed up with the inane sh!te that's posted on here a lot of the time. i know there are folk who don't post any more because of it. that and the personal abuse which imvho is starting to overstep the mark...
edited to add... oh by the way - there is nothing wrong with a poster having to earn their rights - then they can banter all they want