Should Theatre Australia Members Only be allowed to post

There have been an increasing number of incidents where 'anonymous' posters have used the freedom offered by the ITA's website to be offensive and downright rude. Most of you who use the site from time to time will have come across the term 'not verified' next to a name used in a posting, this indicates that this person does not have an account or has not logged on. Some people feel that the ITA's website is losing it's credibility by having postings which are offensive, others stand up for free speech. Under a 'members only' scheme, people would be required to have an official email address (which would need to be verified)before they can join and post. This means that those in our community who choose to post 'knee jerk' reactive comments would be slowed down. Although it is relatively easy to set up free email accounts, it still requires a degree of effort and it would allow 'offensive' posters memberships to be terminated or suspended. Now there's a thought, I wonder what the general consensus is, no doubt I will find out.