should it work this way with harassing people in real life too? let them do it and they'll figure out it's bad, no repercussions necessary to make that happen. and it's just too bad for our friends and family who have to deal with it.
online anonymity allows more dickheads. you can never get rid of D Duke or Blazing Saddles, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't keep working to distinguish between them and try out different methods to reasonably deal with the former.