John, this is a special circumstance here, one that I have not seen before. It seems that the poster must be deeply emotionally invested in this outcome - but the absoute ban is the message board Death Penalty, and this is a penalty he has not earned. Just as one cannot go to the state Supermax prison and demand to be executed "before I do something to earn it", I feel that one should not get that penalty here without earning it.

I would remove the bans, and his own behavior from that point is HIS choice to make. That is only fair. We all make our own choices.


"If American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by peaceful means to better the lot of our citizens, fascism will grow in strength in our land." - Franklin D Roosevelt, Nov 4, 1938.