When forum software is used for nefarious purposes...

[Jazzyname]

OK, getting back to the OP; Sorry, I don't find your examples to be analogous. Your examples are one time events. The forums would be on-going. If a drive-by shooter was going out every night, would you object to the car manufacturer remotely disabling his vehicle? Or the gun manufacturer (if they had the ability) disabling his weapon? Closer analogy to my mind as the software manufacturer does not need to physically repossess the software. The goal is to prevent further abuse.

I was including all posts above that related to the OP topic. the drive by was in contribute to a post that was already made. maybe reading the conclusion to the whole of my post might help, its located as my last paragraph, prior to my personal insertion