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No. Because that kind of addition infects the rest of the board no matter how much you try to isolate it. People don't get the 'fuck you' and 'you're an asshole' out of their system then go back to civil debate. They just end up behaving worse on the other parts of the board because they get used to it.
"The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants." - Albert Camus
We did have a "Rant and Rave" section for some time, and it was popular, but the site had an overall higher tolerance for freedom of speech at the time. It didn't solve problems, it was just a feature offered when the site had a different tone, it was popular with a lot of regular members.
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