If you buy a sandwich and your friend eats it, you are not entitled to a free sandwich from the sandwich shop. Your friend owes you a sandwich.
AromaniaFTW's "friend" consumed his forum account. AromaniaFTW's friend owes him $20.
i disagree. it's more like this:
if you buy a sandwich and your friend eats it, but the manager of the shop is a magic wizard who can restore your sandwich at no cost, why shouldn't he restore the sandwich, other than that he wants you to buy a new one?
i'd understand your decision better if he had done something worse, like posted research or trap links. but posting a leaving post is victimless. of course, it's attention whorey, which is why it's bannable, but we have strong evidence that it was a friend of his, and even you seem to agree that it was his friend, based on the brown townogy. to me it seems he's been punished for nothing, and rather than rectify the situation, you're asking him to pay another $20 if he wants to continue on the forum, despite that to unban him would be relatively easy for you.