New forum rules would probably be a better way to go about this considering the close group of people that are on this board. Just my .02
I agree that a different approach would have been better, laying out the new rules first and then enforcing accordingly. And possibly telling the moderators. But what the hell do I know.
The forum is kind of like a big family (albeit a dysfunctional one) and some members were hit today that I strongly feel was unwarranted. Communication normally works better than a hammer in most situations. So I've heard.
Additionally many of the banned ones just re-registered. So probably more problems were created today than solved. Just my opinion.
You are not kidding. Throughly focked this community up big time and made all the mods look like fools. If I were a mod here (and I have been one elsewhere) and I just read that I would freaking explode.
We love the time we spend under the bus.