I fear this is part of the problem.I just made a typical response to a post I found to be a spam post.
The responses to Chi-spam (which is not a particularly nice term in itself) are somewhat over the top and distasteful at times too.
Unfortunately it also set a precendent and for newer users like dream, this is now perceived as 'the normal' response to all stuff that smells a little of spam. Essentially, you created the monster.
Perhaps an opportunity to reflect on how we are responding to the real people behind these accounts in general.