Maybe you should have a once a month free for all food fight no holds barred at FR and let them all get it out of their systems.
And continue to regulate the other threads the rest of the month.
Seems like all these prohibitions are frequently violated. I personally use asterisks instead of profanity but isn't that just a sneaky way of getting around the prohibition?
Maybe we need someone to come and explain how to be civil during a spirited discussion.
However, given a choice I think many FReepers would opt for a FOOD FIGHT thread rather than learn about civility.
Nah. I've been through forums who did do the "free-fer-all". It doesn't work. When things get too hot, posters need to get away from the board. Go live. Do your laundry. Go to the bathroom. Get on with the everyday tasks of living. Come back refreshed. It's called "self-control". And that's apparently what most all of us in FR want the US to do in re illegal immigration: control ourselves.
How about just taking them out to the woodshed?