Chip,
If you really believe that, you don't know me very well . I cannot in anyway influence what the other mods think, and if they all voted to have him back, there is nothing I could or would want to do about it.

Unfortunately, whether you want to believe it or not, ALL the circumstantial evidence points to one person and ONLY one person and due to the hassle caused by Simon, the JOINT decision has been to exclude him permanently from the board.

I actually agree that Simon has a lot to give, but his compulsive lieing and the vindictive actions against this forum has meant that he has caused more trouble than his contribution is worth.

You may argue that it isn't fair as we have no actual proof as such, but also you will know (as you were so kind to point out) that short of a criminal investigation, there is no way to actually ascertain with 100% certainty the true identity of the PF Hacker. Fortunately (or unfortunately depending on who you are), the way that Simon has hacked the board and the way certain people have been picked on to be the focus of attention have made it all to easy to identify who the PF Hacker is. The absolutely only other explanation is that someone hates Simon more than anyone else on this board and has gone to great lengths to frame him - even to identifying every single individual who Simon has fallen out with (where some are not publically known), and causing havoc with their accounts.

I must admit that it amazes me even when Simon makes admissions of guilt (where it was often uncertain it was him and people stuck up for him saying that it was UNLIKELY to be him or not proven to be him), that then it is overlooked by these same people as if it didn't happen and want to give him even more chances .

Oh well C'est La Vi - there's nowt as queer as folk.