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I have been looking at the rules of conduct and found some relevant sections viewed above. In this thread alone I recognize several violations of these rules, which indicate that OP's suggestion is an issue of relevance indeed. However, quite a lot of effort from the mods and a strict set of restrictions is required to implement a suggestion like this. Also a forum violation resulting in a temporary ban from the actual game is a serious penalty not to be taken lightly. A temporary ban from forum should be the first step, and then if the violator continue the inapropiate behaviour a temporary ban from game could be considered.
With this said, I support the OP. It is my opinion that many posters on these forums are inapropiately insulting when posting, which is unnecessary. There is nothing wrong in disagreeing, not at all, but it can be expressed with dignity and politeness in stead of being rude and insulting.