Shut up, all three of yas. He was tradin' in warez (or at least linking to it, I didn't follow the original thing), he got caught, he got banned. Fair enough, he knew the risks, it's something you deal with if you're gonna dabble in that end of things. Hell, I never complained. But harping on it's just uncalled for, as is making a perma-ban over a relatively small indiscretion. He's learned his lesson, leave him be. And if he hasn't learned his lesson, he'll get busted again and banned for good- which is, once again, fair play, seeing as he'd have to be the net equivalent of too stupid to live. Besides which, it's not like either of you are model citizens.
You guys are like the ****ing townspeople from The Scarlet Letter.