Coach you have the issues broadly framed right. There are some details, like fulltimegeek once had more power than all of them, and he delegated it out to #stewardsofgondor with the only condition that they use it to support the community. He realized that his power could corrupt the system and destroy it. So he gave it away to others to use wisely.

He is now bringing that back in to fight this guy because there is no other way to stop this guy. He has more power than anyone else and can continue with his raping ways. Many have been clamoring for someone to "do" something. Well fulltimegeek is the one that is doing something. Finally.

He is not looking to bankrupt the guy, just bring him into an area where he can be managed. He has already said the goal is to bring him down to 60 REP. By doing this then the bad guy will have to worry about every one else and follow what is considered by the community as good ethics.

But the only one that can do that is someone like fulltimegeek. It has gotten so out of hand that the guy had to be stopped.. I don't know the exact figures but I have heard he is north of 25% of the total reward pool all by himself... What fulltimegeek is doing and people have been asking for is to make him accountable again to the community at large.

One last thing for you to know. If someone with a lower Reputation level flags you it doesnt hurt you. The way they built this is that the guy with the highest Rep would be the guy that earned it. Well the bad guy gamed the system and that definitely isn't true. Now he is in a position of doing what he wants with impunity.

I think fulltimegeek is amazing for doing this because all the other whales were scared to take the bad guy on.