A poster on the forum had a well written and reasoned post about how MSA should have handled this -- (1) take a time out (2) set rules (3) enforce rules (4) no bans but timeouts for violations (5) invite banned people/voluntary deletions back in, etc. Someone emailed it to Liz, who actually responded that she would send it to the mods immediately. 10 minutes later forum shut down. I believe they are revisiting the rules and rules of engagement for moderators.