JAY JG said:
As the person e-mailing me put it
"It looks like the arbcom is going to put them both on POV parole, which is silly; they have this thing about equal treatment. It's like if I report someone to the police for a theft, the police first of all have to investigate whether I've committed theft too, because if they charge one, they have to charge both."
Is this a valid concern?
I don't think so. Arbitration is part of dispute resolution. The arbitrators must examine the behavior of all parties to the dispute in order to arrive at factual findings and remedies that will stick.