user "Nate." being permabanned

[private joker]

Nate. made this thread in B&P and was PERMA-banned for it.

Wouldn't a temporary suspension -- if anything -- make a lot more sense here? Nate. is an unbelievably good poster, has given a lot back to posters in several strategy forums (he did a Well in SSHE, etc.) and is super-super-nice.

I think he was very polite and apologetic in his thread, so if I were modding B&P I wouldn't suspend him at all. But I can see how others might, so I would buy a 2-day or 3-day ban. But permanent? That is absolutely ludicrous for a poster of his stature who never once posted anything profane, obscene, never spammed, never linked to porn, never trolled, never threatened, and basically never did anything that gets people permabanned.

I'm wondering if anyone else finds this punishment WAY too harsh.