From: Kurt Maxwell Weber kmw@deepthought.armory.com
If blocking is supposed to be preventative rather than punitive, then what preventative purpose is served by re-blocking this user, if every indication is that he will not resume his prior behavior?
On a related note, I really don't understand the notion that some people have that any article written by a banned editor while he's banned must be deleted regardless of whether it's a valid article or not. That's another instance of putting the goal of "punishment" ahead of "encyclopedia writing".