Many of us may I grown more than this but we break system rules and regulations but yet the good moderators keep giving us good counseling and guides. Your journey is never in vain, it may take a while but is counting.
Breaking rules is at your own pace. Yet maybe you are right, some of it might actually break it but it will depends as well on how someone may adopt to the system of forum. Some probably did it due to lack of comprehension or didnt just read whats on the rule.
Its not hard to understand these rules and follow, so if they got some punishment. Obviously its on their end. Higher ranknor any users are just helping out the best way we can and even the moderators.