the point of reporting them is not to make them closed (ok, not all the time) but sometimes is to point out to the administration that there is a situation which can degenerate into flaming or fight in the community...

i'm one to report these threads when things are going too far, even when i post my comments differently in the thread itself... (like the one who make you question Danny)...

as people know, i'm not a moderator... the only moderation i can do is to evaluate if what i read is a threat to the peace here or is something that break the rules (advertisement, hacking, etc)... when i can not post anything in the thread because it would cause me a warning [ya know="You are not a moderator!"] ... i click the report button, and i give my point of view, sometimes i even do it with love (when i know who will read the report!)...