Parole

[StarSock64]

I do believe I did address your points, but I suppose I didn't point out the connections

and it was made clear that exceeding acceptable bounds ever would result in a more permanent ban.

to which I said

The harm is that none of you have the judgment to ban her when she skirts the line of what's acceptable behavior and you've all proven that again and again.

And as for this:

I'd argue that it would be more so to assume the same course of action that has failed time and time again would be the right path here.

This isn't something I said earlier, but I guess I'd argue that being really adamant and consistent with your ban is the truly new idea. Not just doing whatever you feel like, or saying "it's totally your last chance" or whatever. That's no different from every other time.

We went back and forth a few times and the gist of the conversation was that she hasn't really had a fair shot to return in a long time given that all of her returns were ill-advised alts and shit-posting when she didn't get her way.

I am pretty sure that most people would say that is a good reason to say no to her request. Feeling otherwise is bordering on Stockholm syndrome

We've recently unbanned another long-time trouble maker as they had been banned for years and I'm a firm believer that time can improve people, especially when the trouble started when they were young and immature.

To which I say,

someone disrespecting your rules/decision enough to post on alts like it's no big deal is enough reason to believe they haven't changed and they don't deserve another chance for the foreseeable future

I don't know what happened with this other trouble-maker, but I sure hope they didn't make an alt LITERALLY THE DAY BEFORE because otherwise that was a similarly poor decision