See the difference is when you go after a "repeat offender" it doesn't come across to everyone like you're doing the right thing. It looks like you're holding this individual to a higher standard so that you can start drama with them.

Not everyone interprets it that way, but enough people interpret it that way that I'm inclined to say either ban them or treat them like everyone else.

This half and half treatment of letting them play but holding them to a higher standard *causes* drama. And its predictable and preventable.

Do you think anyone would care if you banned a repeat offender? No, probably not. But holding them to a higher standard while not banning them causes people to perceive inconsistency and risk when dealing with you. That perception causes hostility.

Edited to add: Regarding the whole laissez-faire thing, I have no idea what you're driving at here. It's like you guys have a hammer and now every situation looks like a nail. There's many, many ways to deal with things to achieve results and sometimes the best answer is to really do nothing, insomuch as its inconsistent. Nothing I've said on this thread is controversial and most of it is just common sense. Let's face it, this isn't a party. This is a game, one that people have put years of programming into and years playing and spend weeks writing up roles for and invest hundreds of hours into their characters on. It's not a casual weekend party. If you "bounce" someone's char after they spend 200 hours on it, they're going to be a lot more angry at you then if you toss them out of a party. Drop the bad analogy already or keep walking into the same wall over and over again and blaming other people for it.