Jord,
If you think that the person in question hasn't been discussed behind closed doors, you are wrong. Everyone who has the slightest of a history has their own little thread where we follow up what you do. In addition to that, every moderator action leaves a note in what is called a "Mod History". IN addition to that, the most suspicious or volatile people have little notes that tell a little about the user in question. So we know who he is, where he comes from, what his last account was about, etc.
Giving the benefit of the doubt is something we do nowadays. Why, you ask? Because a) this place would be boring as hell if everyone thought the same and b) we honestly believe that some people can actually change. And to think, AutralianChainsaw [sic] actually has started to post in a manner that doesn't resemble that of the more prominent DAST-posters who many of you think are "fucken awsum", E.g. the ones who post "Reload" after a thread has been started on civilian muslims killed.
What my personal views are doesn't matter. Your personal views matter when discussing a topic. Argumentatively, with sources, opinions, all written in a mature fashion. AutralianChainsaw has done this. Well, as far as I know, at least.
As soon as any of us sees him post in an "American History X"-anti semitic manner, he'll be long gone to the Hitler Jugend forums in some other place. However, he claims that not only has his posting changed but so have his views, and we believe him. So far, letting him back in hasn't caused us the same headache that many of the EE-people have with their n:th accounts. So if he's not a white supremacist anymore, then let him stay on. If he is, let us know by clicking the little report-button over there. Yeah, right there, see it? The forum rules state that you should "refrain from posting messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, or are otherwise of questionable content". Yet many of you applaud the postings of several bigots here. But this is the one who gets his own public thread.
You tried to initiate a forum lynching (if you will), jord. Now what do you suppose that looks like?
/closed
P.S: If any of you think I suck at what I do, feel free to PM me. But I want to see a white flag first, and some very good argumentation.
I need around tree fiddy.