The current ban on USNA69 has absolutely nothing to do with anything he has ever said here. As we all know, his knowledge of the SA application process is almost without peer here, and his insights based upon his Naval career can be applied in many different areas.
What has happened here is that a grain of sand became a full landslide before anyone knew what was happeneing. It has been a lesson for all of us behind the scenes, and what remains now is the soothing of some bruised egos (some of the bruising justified and some of it perheps not so much) and some establishment of rules that were never written down but obviously should have been.
No one on the Staff holds any grudge or rancor toward USNA69, and to a person we would all like to see him return soon, both as a source of great information as well as someone who we have been through a lot with together. To permit that to happen, however, all sides are going to have to step back from this precipice we find ourselves at the edge of, and recognize their individual roles in having brought us there. Again, every single person involved has had a role, including me.
On a personal note, he is a fellow Ringknocker and someone who, through some very spirited and sometimes nasty discussions (entirely on my part) has helped me to see different sides to different issues, as well as a few lessons in patience. I'd like to see him return on that basis alone.