>>The purpose of banishment is not only a punishment to the offender, but a warning to others that certain behaviors will not be tolerated. So far we don't know what behavior, if any, was punished. Will Jay be banned because he is being a pain in the behind to MF? Will somebody be banned for having a debate about .NET vs. VFP that ruffles feathers of the almighty clique? Will I be banned if I email an interesting post to Kevin?
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>Interestingly having been a lurker on this thread I haven't really seen anyone question Kevin's integrity at all. I have seen folks guess at what the reason for the ban was, and I've seen folks accuse others of not believing Kevin. I don't recall seeing anyone actually question Kevin's integrity. I've also seen folks guess at Michel's motivation for doing the ban.
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>My personal opinion is that Michel truely belives that he has a good reason for what he did. Michel honestly thinks Kevin knows what the reaosn for the ban is. Kevin honestly doesn't know why he was banned, he may have some hint of an idea or not (I don't know) but he truely is not sure why it occured.

Do you think Michel should have given Kevin the specific reason? He hasn't.