[balupton]

Gotta agree too, I'm not sure I would use the word "easy" though, as it sure is a simple rule to follow - be nice, continue to be nice, zero-tolerance for not nice behaviour - however, simple things are often the hardest to implement - as you gotta be drawing the line somewhere, which as was mentioned, if one thing slips through, a lot more could slip through - this seems to be a big misconception with society in large, lack of enforcement of an ideal, does not mean that the ideal doesn't matter and shouldn't be respected - that to me seems like the vehicle for these small things to slip through, and a lot of similarity of your original post - how can we make people feel empowered to act correctly when misfortune occurs instead of letting it slip by? be it a conference, a meetup, an IRC chat room, or any circumstance.