The way I see it, a pillar of the freakin' community posted a borderline image, and was banned for it instantly, as though one would ban your typical RPGWars raider who pops in just to post a code exploit that crashes IE.

Unbanning 'Kishi is nothing more than an application of the UYFB rule. Some rule in a dusty old tome in the back of the staff room should never overrule human judgment. Losing 'Kishi would have been a nigh-critical blow to the forums. Losing D as a staffer affects my personal morale, since as of late he's been my EoFF hero, but the forums can survive that. Leeza leaving is probably better for her anyways (no more problems with WesLY). Matt's leaving is neutral--he'll continue to be the same off-staff as he was on. But all 3 of them together becoming regular members like me won't have as much of a huge, earth-shattering impact as losing 'Kishi permanently. 'Kishi's been the one staffer who always keeps his head above the water in the staffroom drama (BoB's World Wars...and believe me, he doesn't underestimate that. World War I was my fault.), whose contributions are always useful, and who always seems to know the right way to react to any situation. Banning 'Kishi would have been a bigger blow to EoFF than the Cid/Quigoni schism, bigger than the Feb '02's "World War I" (which started the ball rolling on my resignation in '03), and bigger than the huge kafuffel over Linus's little April Fool's suicide note.

I'm glad to see the Use Your F*** Brain rule applied here in precedence over a rule that was written before the birth of Christ and which clearly did not anticipate this specific situation.