Believe it or not I have seen much much worse on local stock car racing forums.
On one of the forums there was threats of lawsuits,flaming and insults all over. It got cleaned up in no time.

One thing have I learned from the racing forums the mods should not play favorites just because they're are buddies with someone. It reflects bad on the forum when a problem arises.

I think all will go good on this forum too.

Good luck to you and all the mods.