A quick reply: Both Goose Egg and I are aware of this thread and appreciate your comments.
Regarding rules:
For the first few years this website’s rules were the terms and conditions that one agreed to when registering for the site. If one wanted to review them, they would have had to reregister to see them. 
And that was ok - in the beginning, we were a small community. Bannings were very rare (but probably at a proportionate ratio to bannings today), and were exclusively an admininistrative prerogative. As we got bigger, it became necessary to post the rules up where people could see them, which we did. Now we are a big website, at least by phpbb standards, with over a quarter of a million posts, and 4000 members. We’re getting bigger and bigger and a more comprehensive set of rules is needed to manage things. This has been underway for a couple of months, got delayed over Christmas & New Years and is actively being worked upon again now. We plan to have something up by Feb. 1st, at which point we will also issue a brief “Forumosan State of the Union Address”. 
For an idea of where we’re headed, rule-wise you can get a sneak peek by clicking on democraticunderground.com’s rule page. Of course, we will be adapting it to meet Forumosa’s needs.
Re: Banned Members:
We have a (very effective, IMO) process in place. To quote from our very own rules page:
Bannings will not be discussed nor cases retried in the court of public opinion. We simply do not have time. Even if we did, I don’t think we’d have the inclination. I think it might be possible to put a (locked) list of banned members up, however. (Thanks for the idea, Tetsuo!) You should be aware that the offending posts that get a person banned are stored in a moderator-viewable Flame Forum, (next to the moderator-viewable porn gallery.) Ummm… What else?
I think the new rules will straighten a lot of things out, but ultimately the spirit of Forumosa is going to have to come from the community itself. I’ve always felt the love in here, but I know there are other vibes here too, especially for newbies who aren’t that familiar with us. We hope to make this a friendlier place for them, without alienating any of our long-time users. 
I’d like to say thanks to all of you for your support and generous feedback. :bravo: You have all taken a lot of time to help build Forumosa into what it is today. A very special thanks to our moderators, without whom we’d get nothing done at all. 
Stay tuned - there’ll be more in a week or so… 