But why not just use the ignore feature on an individual basis? That way, those who do not want to see the conflicts will be sheltered via a personally defined censorship of other members.
Because that gives EVERYBODY license to brawl instead of discuss. Whether some people SEE IT or not -- WE have to treat it the same. We either allow the flaming personal conflicts or we dont. Because ITS THERE. And nobody is required to DISCUSS topics and other members if we DONT MAKE THE RULE "civil discussion" for Zone 1.
We're a discussion focused on "TOPIC CONTROL" not "CONTENT CONTROL". So in Zone 2 -- you got TOPICAL CONTENT in your posts? No Prob. But in Zone1 there can be MASSIVE conflict on relevant topical issues -- just not member on member violence.