I think we've all posted in anger and woken to regret it Jackie/Rochie.
And yet we've not been banned for our sins 
Hartley and Vic were not posting in anger, Bob, they were too systematic in their attacks on Mike and and enjoying it too much for this to be brushed off as temper tantrums.
I twice closed down my account here because I felt I was virtually being made an unwilling accomplice of Hartley's offensive abuse of Mike, Grahame and, at times, NGB, as it was impossible to avoid seeing this, Hartley posted everywhere, sometimes posting 70 times a day.
By logging on here, I felt I was adding to the audience that Hartley craves. I was angry that no action was taken regarding Hartley's - and, later, Vic's and Andrea's offensive posts and numerous breaches of forum rules.
Hartley's bullying - and Vic was beginning to emulate him - turned this forum into a unpleasant place to be. How many members Left the forum and did not return because of this?
I suspect that Hartley and co were intent on damaging this forum; because they do not want the gross injustice of Jeremy Bamber's trial to be brought out into the open and they are intent on damaging Jeremy's chance of an Appeal.
Well, they failed and I hope they never return.
Modified in the light of Nick's comments