The problem with slash-and-burn policies when it comes to server governing is that it sets a precedent. What you do to Corky the socially maladjusted 13-year-old who thankfully gets his aggressions out on pixellated spaceships rather than the neighborhood cats you will also have to do to the nice fellow who talks politely and can argue rings around you and has the time to do so.
Look at Xoria trying to enact new rules and the screaming that ensued. Look what Xoria did soon after.
Better to do too little and just shrug than burn everything and deal with the fallout.