I think Mike is doing the right thing. Not only that, I think it's long overdue.
I have no problem with Mike and I know why he did it. The difference between you and us is, like Captain Beard mentioned, that we are big boys and girls and can police ourselves. We don't even have a friggin' moderator...Will used to be but I'm pretty sure he gave it up. That's not to say that the shit never flies over here, but again we're big boys and girls.
If Warrel or anyone else in the band posted that a friend died, we wouldn't be retarded enough to say the shit that you people said. Hell, if one of us posted that a friend died, I would be hard-pressed to say that we would have anything to say but condolences.