I agree with your sentiment but we need to combat spam and plagiarism. I've expressed my opinion here in detail: https://steemit.com/steemit/@vimukthi/a-philosophical-and-economic-outlook-at-steemit-sbd-and-flagging-and-suggestions-for-a-better-future-based-on-positive

Short version is just make flags consume 3% VP instead of 2%. You could even make it 4% and that would really help to make the flagging wars die faster. Positive reinforcement works better than negative reinforcement.