If guests come in here, spit and snarl and then bugger off, why not just ban guests altogher.

That's not the only way things happen. Consider the following scenario:

1)    A debate starts but becomes polarised and controversial;

2)    A guest makes a perfectly reasonable point;

3)    A member, who should know better, spits and snarls;

4)    Other members jump in to condemn the guest as a troll;

5)    A general call goes out for guests to be banned.


It's not always the guest's fault.


DC