Anyone that thinks this forum is a cesspool can get some perspective over here:

Apple retaliates: requests US import ban on Nokia phones

Unfortuneately, or fortuneately, depending on how you see things, the most offensive person (and their posts), has already been banned, so the thread flow is quite jerky.

Granted, sites like Engadget aren't communities, but that particular thread makes me wonder how slashdot, IMO, generally seems more civil, yet they allow uncensored anonymous posting. Even though the audiences are not the same, I still think the two forum philosophies are an interesting contrast.