Above solution doesn't fix most problems, I'm afraid.

Well, while I clearly went overboard on the issue, which I should apologize for, I still don't few confortable knowing that tags might cause disconfort to others.

Put it this ways, it got a dev away from the community; we all lose from that. Sure, the guy might have been a little touchy, as many indirectly have pointed out, but last I checked people still have a right to do so.

Also, we're working with people, not with ideal, beyond-jaded internet veterans with a permanent cynical expression carved to their faces, who know better than to care about this sort of issue. If someone is offended by a tag, it's his right to do so; it's ok to point out that a bit of indifference towards the sarcasm of others is healthy, but I don't stand with the opinion that it's a member's problem if the trolling got to him.

To close my point, while I do understand that tags work as a letout for sarcasm, which would better be left at tags than at the thread itself, it surely gets to a point where looking at each and every topic tagged with "bada rox", "android blows", "your mum blows", and the abyss knows what else, does make me feel as though others are getting out of line.