[JohnG]

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Mason responded by sending Paul the pm which has now been made public. Was Mason wrong? Maybe. If he made his decision based on my words alone and I did an inadequate job of communicating, maybe not. Nonetheless, in his pm, Mason did not explicitly ban Paul. And I maintain that if Paul had responded to Mason privately, to what appears to be the result of miscommunication (almost exclusively my fault), that things would have been cleared up without all the drama.

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Reading this, there seems no need for Paul to remain banned, and no need for any bad feeling to remain. I see no reason why yourself, Mason, and Paul cannot discuss the misunderstanding and make up privately. The fallout seems comical in light of your above post.