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It's odd, because there's always some exception to the rule.
I remember a long time ago, way, way back, 6 years ago about I was in a gaming clan for Starcraft. People to play games with, blah blah, it was fun. Anyway, we were allied with this one clan which was very unique. There were about 75 people max that read the board, but most of the people knew each other very well. There were racial slurs and such left and right, insults everywhere, but the thing was that wasn't what the board was about. It was just having fun with friends, outside of all the vulgarity, there was a lot of quality, I mean this was the best board I've ever been on (no offense Hal). Almost every post was carefully constructed, made a very clear point, and was often many paragraphs.
If anyone stepped out of line, the moderators didn't even need to step in, the members would just pile on, ignore the person, and tell them to fuck off, if the person didn't care, the members would just continue, if the person just wouldn't stop, the board would ignore them. Self-moderation.
Eventually though, the clan just died off.
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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"
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