[Marco van Herwaarden]

There are different ways for moderators to handle cases like that. Here at vb.org we prefer the 'friendly method' (you might disagree on that term):

Friendly:
- If a single post is causing problems, edit post or remove from public view
- Warn in thread if it is not an isolated post, or if it can be used as example on what will not be tolerated to others
- Close thread if it continues to be abused (for discussion on the real topic a new thread could be started, without the "burden" of previous emotions in the closed thread)

Unfriendly:
- Delete every problem post on first sight (post would not be viewable anymore, so we would get the same kinda reaction as the first post in this thread, "why was the public not informed")
- Ban the member(s) causing problems (and i know some respected members would be faced with this approach soon)