Thearm most certainly broke the rules, and was punished accordingly. However, there were more than several others (butt buddies with moderators, or simply users that shamelessly lick moderator butt in order to be able to harass at will here) that broke many more rules than thearm did, crossed many more boundaries, thirty times over in some cases, and were never punished for it like thearm was. Much of it was done blatantly in an obvious & mean-spirited baiting style as well (thearm was a bit of a social simpleton & was easily roused). These people were actually supported by the admin & were seemingly free to mock him all they wanted, simply because the admin didn't seem to think much of thearm either.

I'm not saying thearm's claims shouldn't have been questioned, as many of them were very off the wall & did not run parallel with popular opinion. But let's not pretend he wasn't mercilessly baited & mocked into getting himself banned.