>>Michel,
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>>I am somewhat handicapped in asking this because I don't know what Kevin was banned for. And I am not asking you to say why it was. You have already made it clear that you do not do that as a matter of policy when anyone is banned. What I am asking is that if it wasn't too horrible, he be allowed to return. He has been banished for several months now. Only you know whether that is an appropriate sentence for what he did. I know I am not the only one who has missed his contributions.
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>Mike,
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>I sent Kevin a technical question few days ago. He never had a chance to reply on a technical part yet, but he said he would never return.

People say all kinds of things. If there's one thing I know it's that people sometimes reconsider, especially when it's an emotional issue.