Thanks FindersKeepers :-). Because of the policy here that if you respond to a post, any reports you make on it are apparently ignored, I've actually been doing what you say. However, I do think that the rules shouldn't just be for show- if the rules say that reported ad hominem attacks in tpf threads should result in thread bans if the author reports them, they should have thread bans. Otherwise, it makes a mockery of the supposed rules.