After reading that End of a Conflict thread, I was able to make a list of people who do nothing but blame the staff for doing their job because they are in some way affected by it. I find them selfish, and slightly immature.
It is not the staff's job to set a halt to completely valid RP, based solely on the reason that they "cannot moderate" within the confines of their own rules. They just need to clarify the rules more clearly, and grow a backbone.
The rules are clarified already. People were just not following them, aka the players. It's not the staff fault and it is well within their jurisdiction to simply put a stop to whatever is causing the mass breaking of server rules.
