I discussed this a little bit with cheat, but I also want to hear what you guys think of this. When a user receives a ban, we should give them a chance to have the ban lifted early by following these instructions:
*Grab 5 piece of 8 x 11 in print paper.
*lightly draw vertical lines across the paper spaced 1/8 in. apart.
*write your username at the top of each page
*In capitalized
single-stroke gothic lettering hand write "I WILL NOT DISRESPECT OTHER USERS".
*The full space must be used for each line.
*All lines on all pages must be filled.
*The lettering must be neat and legible.
*submit to the moderator who issued the ban when you are done.
*the ban will be lifted.
Thoughts? I think it would be a brilliant idea. In fact, I think this should be the only way to get a ban lifted for some offenses.