I saw one newB make fun of an admins art work and that person was gone about 2 posts later.
Piss off other people and insult them and you get a warning ,but if you t-off an admin and insult him or her.....yah.....
That's kind of unfair...you make it sound like the admins are spiteful and vindictive. The context is usually important.
That's like saying that annoying a bear gets the same results as annoying a rabbit. Of course the bear is going to maul you, the rabbit might nibble your finger at the most.
Except it's not the bear's responsibility to look out for the rabbit. If anything, the treatment for jerks is harsher if they're talking crap to a normal member.