Not sure who you're referring to here, but there are members who have had their heads handed to them in P & R, and who obviously take it very very hard when it happens.
Not sure who they are, but I am guessing members have been banned because they lacked the self control to follow Joe's instructions... I guess they thought, self righteously of course...that they were above the law... I even heard once from someone that some members were told to stay off the threads started by other members...and if they didn't they would get shit canned... Could that possibly be true? ...and could someone really lack the self control not to follow the marching orders of Joe?
Slavery is alive & well, my friend. The only difference between slavery then & now is that you get to choose your master today, and he wont beat you physically. (There are many that will beat you mentally though)