User blog comment:John Breasly/My Word on the Matter With Samuel/@comment-2040576-20120422075934

Okay, I see your point but let me explain my actions. As soon as Samuel did all this, a chat ban was an obvious action and I was thinking of a wiki strike because he also broke some more serious rules and more than one were broken. I initially did not want to ban him, because just a strike would do, but when he came into chat with the sock-puppet and began causing more trouble that would be another strike thus leading to his third. So in PM a few admins discussed the situation. He would get a chat ban and a wiki ban. I was thinking along the lines of a week for the wiki ban, but we were reminded that this was supposed to be his last chance. We cannot keep banning people and allowing them to return with second chances, when we specifically say it is their last. That is what happened with Pearsd and look where it got us.

Administration Reactions:
 * 1) That was mentioned because I wanted it to be clear why it was decided that this would be his last chance.
 * 2) He is not less or more equal than another user. I tried to handle it the same way I would with anyone, which was hard because he is my friend and I have a lot of respect for him. Fact of the matter is, this was his last chance, if it wasn't he would probably be back before long.
 * 3) Tama was banned ( I am not sure about the rest ) and then pardoned. That is a valid point because he did, and I am not talking about Samuel's past, I am talking about what happened that day.
 * 4) As I explained above, that is the reason he is getting a ban and not 2 strikes. His chat actions were one and the sock-puppeting, continued rule breaking and so on were the second.
 * 5) You and Jerry have been banned before for swearing. If I recall, Jerry was swearing because Samuel had been unbanned and Jerry said he had enough chances. He became annoyed and began swearing and so on. Nobody is allowed to get away with swearing.
 * 6) John you have a strong character and would not be offended. I am the same, something doesn't easily offend me. I was thinking about other users here and they were offended, even if it was a joke he should not have been talking about religion and I asked him twice to stop.
 * 7) I regret calling him a 'cry baby' because I was tired and becoming frustrated. I didn't want to ban him, because I didn't want him to resent me forever, so I was waiting for another admin. Eventually I had to because it was late and I needed to go and he had more than enough time to argue his point. Samuel was moaning and not willing to admit a lot of his reactions which is why I said it, but I apologize.
 * 8) All of those sock-puppets are admitted to. He denied that his sock-puppet was his until I made the ban blog. The sock-puppet was also made to dodge the chat ban and return to cause more trouble.
 * Yes, I agree but it was still offensive. I am sure many other users would agree.
 * 1) He was being racist, but not to an extreme extent it is one of the minor reasons. I do understand racism and get furious when I see a white man being called a racist because he killed/assaulted a black man. What ever happened to "angry and out of control"?
 * 2) That is what was going to happen along with a wiki strike, until the sock-puppeting came along.
 * 3) I am pretty sure that is not allowed to happen. It is also a minor reason, but he still did it. Eventhough he did it I have not deleted him on the game, because I try not to allow my actions as an admin to affect my friendships. What I mean is that just because I ban you, doesn't mean I hate you. If Samuel hates me now, which sadly I think he does, then there is nothing I can do. It is his choice.