Well you know what spam is like. It is very difficult to moderate and distinquish between what is insulting and what is banter - if you saw worse posts then if you had reported they would have been dealt with. Just because they weren't noticed or reported does not mean that another member breaking a rule is exempt and you have to remember that to get a ban on this forum you really have to have broken many, many, many rules (unless you are spamming porn or something like that) and presumably never learned from the mistakes made. 'If you can serve the time - don't do the crime'. Most of the members quite happily manage not to get banned.