They were. From what I've gathered:

A posted mocking the grammar and punctuation of the thread-starter. B slapped A's wrists. Then C, despite A taking notice of B, decided to slap A's wrists again. D got involved, a few words were said. B suspends D for a fortnight. Global announcement: The Ultimate PR stunt.

The laws of message boards, and we are all eternally damned.


...dot com bold typeface rhetoric.
You go clickety click and get your head split.
'The hell you look like on a message board
Discussing whether or not the Brother is hardcore?