Jimmy - I assume you read Beanz's post on Bicycling.com... gives you some idea how he treated others on the forum... part of the ban was due to a build up of infractions...
I think you need to give the mods on this website a lot of credit they put up with alot and give alot of latitude. To earn a permanent ban someone has to do something particularly ornerous. I assume you did not see the exchange that has been deleted. Its hard for you to make a judgment of the mods without seeing it. I can personally attest to the fact he could be cruel and nasty (although I never reported him - I just avoided him).
Anyway you can still "play" with him on the other forums he frequents and I am sure you will see him riding. This is just an internet forum, its not like he was beheaded by the Queen.
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