he was one of YOUR favorite posters. there were many people who disliked him. there were many people that considered him to be a low quality poster, just read through the last few pages of this thread. as blickpall said, "who are we supposed to listen to in this popularity contest?"
to me the matter is quite simple: nobody is big and bad enough to be exempt from the rules. everyone is expected to behave themselves. i'd specifically informed him that violating the alt restriction would earn him a permanent ban, and he did not care about it. giving him a free pass would be very, very unfair towards everybody else that we've banned for the same thing. read what blickpall told you over, and over, and over, and over until you understand why you're wrong. your "don't ban people i like, afford them special privileges over 'lowly' members" argument is so pants-on-head tier low IQ that i don't want to bother wasting my time addressing it again. you really should stop before you embarass yourself further.