Tim-
Like I said before, I want Perl desysopped on meta. I'm not too keen on unilateral action, so it's not something that can be done with a private discussion.
True. But either mailing list is the wrong place for that. If you want a desysop discussion, the place where you contend sysop status is the right place to discuss that, in this case, Meta-Wiki.
Indeed, if you read up on AS, you find that the disorder only goes a small way towards explaining Perl's behaviour.
Maybe so, maybe not. This is not a moral discussion (if you want to make it one, I'll begin by contending the concepts of good and evil). The question is whether Alex can act within our policies. Given how many chances we gave Lir, I believe we should give him another chance to do so.
Regards,
Erik