There's a lot of discussion, but to put it simply, I see it a bit like the following silly metaphor.
For years we've been lighting our fires by bashing rocks together, but it turns out there's been a perfectly functional lighter lying around the whole time and noone's learned to use it the right way. I'm trying to get people to use it properly.
The lighter in this silly metaphor is the infractions system. I think the people behind vbulletin had some good ideas when they thought it up and using it correctly will make rule enforcement better and also in many ways simpler.
http://www.musicbanter.com/announcem...forcement.html