My overall observation so far is that there is very little respect on here.
I blame the low standard of moderation, but if you see something that you think oversteps the bounds of common decency, then use the report to mod button.
Personally, I remember when Phil Hanson tried to over moderate the forum, it wasn't a nice place to be, and he nearly had a stroke trying to keep everyone in line with his view of how they should post.
Mike, the forum owner, doesn't lay down any guidelines about how we should moderate; he leaves it upto us. And in that vein, it's your forum too since you're a member, so use the 'report to mod' button and help us keep this a friendly place to use.
And if we remember it's just the interweb, there won't be any problems.