John was more than irritating. He was downright abusive. Simon Cowel could take lessons from him.

>Without having read the other replies (yet), I agree. As a general principle I am a great believer in freedom of speech and for that reason was against John being banned in the first place. To me someone should be banned from a group, especially an online group where there is no direct interaction and twit filters exist, only for extreme transgressions, not just for irritating people.
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>I think given the passage of time, and John's knowledge, which I don't think many would dispute, he should be given another chance. A statement of contrition from John and a desire to be more respectful of others that sounds genuine might go a long way towards persuading people to let him return.
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>Maybe John would be willing to give a statement along those lines to you and let you post it? I assume you have been in communication.