hurt people hurt people

... couldn't you just change his password without telling him the new one? How did you like it when your voice was silenced in that manner? And if he returns under a new nick, then, as they say, "lather, rinse, repeat". But what if he comes back with the same unpleasant attitude, but instead of compulsively replying to those who criticize his toxic takes, he mentions them in unrelated threads, even starting new threads to sling shit at them? Did you not agree with Cherubeano who said everybody knows who [Manstuprator] used to be, but he's better this time around, so who cares. As your continued infestation here shows, cogs don't require people to be pleasant. As long as you aren't so nasty as to disrupt the operation of the board then it's up to the other habituates of BC to find a way to respond in a way that works for them. As long as BC doesn't devolve into the AKA Smith show (like it has devolved into the M show in the past) there's no reason to ban him. Just do as LaudateAgno recommends and pay attention to such people and comment on them, but engage no further. Don't get into a huff... Be positive! Use someone else's post as a springboard to say what you think about the topic at hand and stop trying to use the cogs to silence others.