So far, I carefully avoided to reply to that thread, thinking that maybe I should suggest in a new thread we rename this forum into the "feedback & drama" forum, since it's what it looks like happens on a fairly regular basis. Let me detail: in my opinion, there are two sides to this coin, one is the impression the Staff gives, which has been debated by BoB, Bleys, Unne, etc.. to which there isn't much to add, and the other, of which I think Bleys is touching the surface, is the attitude of (some) members. I remember the complaints because Bleys could post his crotch, because he could play pranks (Lesbian Seagull, the old pirate), and members couldn't (more on that later, let's note that item a), and later on, when, while I was a mod, I started the "kick that thread" here. I think it lasted a good, hmm, three days before some members complained about us kicking a closed thread around for fun (that's item b).
So, about a) I think, retrospectively, what pissed off the members at that time is that none had the guts to try and pull that kind of prank, because it requires to *gasp* prepare it a little with a few select staffers/members.
This brings us to b), there's a long running problem (it was there when I was a mod) with the members of EoFF not tolerating the fact that Staff can have fun too.

Oh, Unne, about that thread you quoted, here's a suggestion: when people start to go the cussing way, why not warn the thread (as in, "cut down the cussing or this thread gets the axe"), because it leads to the individual getting the thread closed losing all support/be ignored/banned with the other people's approval.