Originally Posted by
Professor-Alex
You're not supposed to like them, they're supposed to deter you from doing it again. We're not going to give you rewards for breaking rules now are we?
All insults are infracted for the same reason that swearing or pornographic images aren't allowed: it makes the forum unpleasant and there is no need for it. It causes far too much trouble to just let go, I point to the web dev forum as my case study. As soon as someone throws an insult, even just "noob, the thread erupts into a flame war. There really is no situation that you need to use insults, or where it is justified to do so. If you can't argue a point logically and have to resort to insults, you shouldn't be on the thread.