[Danny]

Okay, I'm not used to going against all three of the effective Administrators here , but I have been Chris's advocate before, and I think I really need to say that I think he is being treated unfairly here.

Although I think that he does contribute quite valuably to discussions on many topics, I think that even if he didn't, that is hardly a reason to ban him. Given half an hour or so, I am confident that I could run up a list of at least 100 members here who really do contribute nothing at all. "Not contributing enough" has never, as far as I am aware, been a banning offense.

Okay, so he does lack tact, but then so do another half a dozen members who have never recieved a single warning about it. I myself have been notoriously tactless in the past, and yet I don't remember being warned about it once. I try and persuade Chris not to lay into people as much, but the fact is that he isn't serious about it, and it isn't difficult to take what he says with a pinch of salt. He can be grating at times, but he can also be witty or at least interesting at others.

When it comes down to it, all he can really be accused of is being annoying. If being annoying was a banning offense the forum's population would be a lot smaller, I tell you. At least he doesn't spam, and he never seriously flames anyone, and he never posts anything inappropriate (any more), so I really can't see what you're accusing him of.