I've got no dramas with banter - just keep it out of the football threads and serious threads.
Some of us don't want to see EVERY THREAD polluted with puerile and juvenile nonsense.
"Just as I have the right to the benefits and advantages of respect and freedom of speech and opinion, so too do I have a responsibility and obligation to be respectful and tolerant of other people's freedom of speech."
"As you sow, so shall you reap."
It is the basis of civility, community and democracy.
I seriously don't think any of you understand how much actual work goes into the back end of running this site.