Okay, I was wrong, it hasn't exactly been decided, but I inferred neg rep was not subject to disciplinary action from this thread:
http://forum.pafoa.org/support-sugge...ry-action.html
Except I'd prefer this not to turn into a "snitch-fest". One of the main reasons I like the rep system is it gives me the opportunity to give rep to those whom I disagree with but who have articulated their positions intelligently and respectfully. The member in question uses the rep system to (presumably) reward ideological orthodoxy (from his perspective) and punish ideological heterodoxy. Bad enough he does that but he includes personal insults. Now the insults don't bother me so much as I think they are hilarious, so hilarious that I feel inclined to share them with the entire forum, which has the incidental effect of holding him publicly accountable for the little turds he drops using the rep system, which would otherwise be his dirty little secret.
Bottom line-- I don't want the moderators and staff involved in whatever personal beef the guy who keeps neg repping me has with me. All I want is the freedom to post neg rep verbatim (as much as my sig limits will allow) in my sig line. That's it. I don't want him disciplined or banned-- I just want his words made public. If the admin chooses to deny this request, I will respect their prerogative to do so, but I do want to state my case on it.