I don't think the ban is gonna be lifted.
No one said he was a great friend, but then this is also a cod4 sight, we don't need godfather-level people to get unbanned. Of course, I agree that the ban should stick. It's the obvious choice for practical, structural, moral, and logical reasons.
However, as he is already banned, I see no reason to harass him anymore. The purpose of banning them is to maintain our hack-free server, not to teach these kiddies a lesson. After they are banned, as long as they make no forum trouble, I see no reason to hate on them. We have already prevented them from being able to negatively affect KKK and they are already no longer allowed to play on our servers, which I think we can all agree are the best in cod4. People HATE being kicked permanently from our ffa server. It is 1 of a kind and a great environment.
Let's get on with our shit and let Mass get on with his. Maybe later we can come back to this. I mean the reasoning behind allowing for teh possiblility of unbanning him is simple. It's the same reason we ban people in the first place. We want a clean, fair server that the majority want to play on and that brings in the most traffic and makes th most people entertained. When we ban someone, it is because they interfere with that, not because we have a moral duty to fulfill. We are not parenting these people. All we need to ensure is a clean server. If at some point we can be sure that MassNightmare will never again hack or break rules on our server, there is no argument that would legitimize an opposition to that action. If he isn't going to break rules, why can't we let him back on..... because he needs to learn a lesson? That is not our job.
Certainly no unbanning now, but the flaming, pomp, and shit talk need to stop.