Never been to TF. Sucks to get banned for something like that though (wtf?). Rules are rules I guess. On all the forums I mod on, I've never banned anyone. Telling people to take personal differences to PMs works just fine, unless the flame war is actually entertaining to read through when bored. =P

btw, the guy that "made up" lolcats actually stole the idea from people on 4chan. In an interview he actually said he got the idea for the site "from a picture he found on the internet".