I can't help but notice that you obviously read some of those 'other sites' because you refer to what takes place on the other forums.
Have you ever considered participating at any of them directly and challenging the commentary there? It is scary to get into the pit, and it probably makes no difference in the end....but then, the same argument could be made anywhere. Ultimately, all things are equal.
Fred had a 1 hour time out to cool down from what I could tell .. he was not banned