Arguing back and forth and presence of fanboys is an inevitability considering the subject of the site. You can't catch all of them, and throwing around bans every time a discussion gets heated would be nothing but counterproductive.
That said, I think the staff could and should take a page from other such forums and not be so forgiving of consistently obnoxious posters, of whom there are MANY on this site. Someone mentioned a certain poster who I have to agree, is a perfect example. Over 5000 posts in 6 months, multiple temporary bans from which he returns with zero change in attitude, and maybe only a quarter of the posts I see of his are civil. Hell, I barely even post here, and yet I've managed to incur his seething wrath twice.
People who behave like that usually end up in prison out in the world, and get the online equivalent in the form of a permaban from most forums, and for good reason.
Realize that there are at least a few professionals who come here and the tone of the forums is so outrageously obnoxious that they tend to be avoided altogether whereas posting might otherwise occur more often. And in many cases, that tone ends up being set by the same few names.
