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So what is the offence that he is being punished for?

Plagiarism. He didn't feel @themarkymark responded to him in the way he desired (i.e. removing the blacklisting) so he made a new account in an attempt to get around the blacklist.

And then he bragged about it to me.

In the link below you can see he copied word for word and only edited after he was caught. Given that he bragged about it to me in DM today, I don’t feel he is worthy of a second chance. I forwarded his comments snd information to those tasked with cleaning up and maintaining the integrity of the blockchain.

After the fact he went from one tribe to the next complaining and playing the victim and blaming others for his blacklisting.

There are many people here who are professional writers, or who rely on their work to earn a living as no other means of lawful employment exists in their countries. Actions like plagiarism directly impact these hard working people. I have seen people from countries like I just mentioned put over ten hours into video editing alone only to go unrewarded for high quality original content while plagiarized posts are being found rewarded highly (until flagged and neutralized) and the near death of one blockchain from bad actors like this because the investors and curators felt overwhelmed by the amount of reward pool rape occurring.

https://steemit.com/stem/@leonardodaslade/new-water-map-may-hold-the-key-for-future-mars-colonization

Right, thanks for your reply and the link to follow