At 7:09 AM -0800 2/16/10, Simon Michael apparently wrote:
>Recently an op got irritated enough with keithy to ban him from the #squeak IRC channel, without much warning or community discussion. Unfortunately I believe such a unilateral ban creates "bad karma" that damages #squeak and Squeak in non-obvious ways.
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>There are less harmful alternatives (eg: a more deliberate ban; training ourselves not to feed rants; or just accepting that #squeak may become unusable for an hour or two now and then). So, I feel this particular ban should end or at least be ratified by discussion/vote here on the list.

I agree with you, and feel the ban was totally unjustified and unwarranted. This banner in my opinion should immediately have his banning capabilities removed, he obviously cannot be trusted with the powers.

Ken G. Brown