No offense, but is a whole new thread really necessary? All this does is brush these actions under the rug, and doesn't give any of the perpretrators of these flame wars any repercussions.
Simply locking the thread for a few minutes, look to find the inciting posts/trolls, and then threadban the people who started this (Matthew and LordNox were definitely some of the people who started this mess). It might be harder, but at least the people who deserve repercussions would get it.