as i said before, and follows on from what lhuser is saying... sometimes we need to give people second chances (for all the reasons he said above).
although, as though he made all the accounts, and he will upset a lot of people, then its best not to let him back. however i think the whole PB thing is a bit drastic (not for george, but for anyone). just because someone was PB'ed they should still be considered access after a while. why ban them for life when all they did was spam a forum, and may have possibly changed their ways?