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Rokeby: well said.
For the record, it eats me up whenever we (moderators) get to the point of possibly banning someone. I really, really, really don't like doing it. (Ask Tim - daox - how much time I spent talking it over and discussing options, and probably boring him close to death. Also, there's a moderators-only subforum where we talk through these things as a group.)
So if I'm the one doing the banning, I always contact the member privately first, in the hopes of addressing the problem. Doesn't always work. (Happy to say sometimes it does, though.)
Fortunately banning is very rare. We're now in our 4th year here, and I can count on one hand the number of people who have been banned for reasons other than being spammers. It's never taken lightly.
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