jonringer was banned for a vague and unjust reason. This community is far too large to expect to create a homogenous culture where we all agree on every nuance of what folks should believe, jonringer is a productive long standing member of the community, more long-standing than many of his detractors even, and the way he actually treats people is quite respectful.
The big one in this case though, is the first one. We don’t want to set a precedent of banning people for vague reasons, then requiring them to beg to get their commit bit back. The ban was wrong (reactionary) and unjustified, so there really shouldn’t be a debate.
I spelled this out very clearly in the thread, and for the same reason, requested my commit bit back as well: