I have a question (and it's not meant to be attacking, I'm just curious):
What happens when you get banned? Does your IP address get banned or the email that you used? The idea of banning seems somewhat pointless if these people can come back using another user name. Are they given a warning under their new user name to behave? Or closely monitored by the admin? What happens?
As far as the amnesty idea goes, I'm excited to see what happens. I think it's a wonderful idea. I do believe in second chances. And thirds and fourths and fifths. Some people I'm really excited to here from again, like Rich, and others I am hoping they have done a bit of growing up. If not, it'll bring some fun times for the boards.