For every aphorism there is an equal and opposite aphorism;

"a stitch in time saves nine" vs. "haste makes waste"
Too many to list.

However; IMHO-- in this case-- the adage:
"A leopard never changes it's spots"
Will-- again MHO-- prove to be the case each and every time.

No member here is unreplaceable-- even the most knowledge and helpful ones (and personally I doubt that's who we're talking about.)

If someone repeatedly violates the TOS and is permanently suspended, they usually have been given many opportunities to start over with a clean slate and have gone right back to the behavior that got them in trouble in the first place.

I personally have been repeatedly and viciously attacked by certain members, so I don't post on FT anymore as a result. And yet, FT goes on strong as ever.

IMHO, we need more disciplining of serial, recidivist disruptors-- not less.