I agree. A quick "cut it out" or "watch it", perhaps even with a "no no" smiley will do a lot more to rein me in personally than a long PM or worse, post in that thread by a mod. I would use the old football analogy (talking about soccer here, not sure if this goes on in American Football), where a ref, though having the power (and perhaps enough of a reason) to issue a yellow card would prefer instead to just give a player a verbal warning, letting him know that next time he WILL be getting carded.
If refs gave cards for every small infringement that took place on the pitch most matches would finish with about half the players. Similarly here, if every word out of place is slapped down, soon no-one will say anything, or worse, people will move away from the forum as they'll see it as being stifling. People should know when they've crossed a line, and in most cases I believe a short but at least sincere apology and an effort not to reoffend should be all that's needed.
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