The main issue here was that by and large people resorted to vigilante justice
Sugarplum, god bless her, reported one of Tom's posts. Unfortunately none of the mods got there in time, and I take a lot of personal responsibility because it went down on my turf and TT is one of the posters I'm closer to.
However, nobody else reported any posts, PM'ed me, etc etc. Just bombing. If a mod had gotten there halfway through that thread, the worst that would have happened is a couple of fiery tempers would have had to cool themselves over time.
Have faith in the system, people! The mods are here to help.