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 == ""And why did ATren insert himself in the middle of this mess?"" == 

 Because Abd, like me, is quite familiar with GoRight's case, and I believed his statement was relevant. Note that Abd was involved heavily in GoRight's RFC several years ago, long before the conflict which led to his ban, and Abd did extensive research which (IMO) exonerated GoRight against trumped up charges from Raul654 and WMC. This was a revival of that old conflict, and therefore I believe Abd had something to offer. 

 I think everyone needs to lighten up a bit. Abd's comment wasn't a wall of text, it wasn't uncivil, it just stated his opinion. Removing it was aggressive and unnecessary, even if it may have violated the letter of some ban (still not even sure that it did, because it did appear to be a vote at the time he commented). But anyway, I backed off, Abd was beaten down, and everyone is happy now.   "