I get it. But that's just one type of thing that deserves action from a Moderator. One, out of so many others.
Also, I'm pretty sure that if someone like that got banned, he and his friends would say he didn't deserve it and would want to have him around. Maybe they would say he was just kidding, maybe that he was frustrated and said something he shouldn't. Either way, it would be "overreacting" or "power abuse." Admit that they were wrong? Very few. After all, "self-respect," I guess?

