tsgnurk: On the contrary in the instance of "rep" we are actually all both judges and executioners, and this is actually very similar to a trial in the form that he is currently making his plea, he has his lawyers (mostly you guys) and his accusers ( i think you call them "haters")
On the instance of his "punnishment" (or sentence) this is basicly a people's court, and its quite interesting to follow :)
Nroug7: And yet, there is no jury.
In all honesty, this isn't a just trial (No trial ever is.) but rather a tug-of-war on the negative and plus signs, and people trying to explain why they are pressing him.
Plus, we are on forums, we should be more civil here rather then having to refer to such tools.
As members of a forum, we should be seeking the "Justified" outcome, rather then the "Desirable" outcome.
Sure, he doesn't deserve the plus rep, but he sure as hell doesn't deserve to be any more negative because of this plea, he should be left at the rep he started at, 0.
Well there's 2 occassions i have to respond to here, lets take the nitpicking 1 first:
The goal of a trial is allways justice, sometimes its just on the outskirt though :)
(Now if a trial is the best way to seek justice or not is a entirely different discussion)
But i would believe both the "haters" and "possitive people" are seeking justice in their own way.
Number 2: He was actually far below 0 when he made this post, by following your logic i could say he should be left at something like -17 (random number)
But i get your point, and i agree everybody deserves a fresh start: so the best thing to do would be if there was some rep reset.
But then again does the rep really matter? Lets remember the only 1 purpose of rep (well 2 if you consider the cyberdick) but the only purpose for rep in this instance i'd believe would be to sign up for free games (the calenders etc) which was the reason he was downrepped in the first place.
Call me an enthusiast, but im inclined to believe if this person was to just participate, and say "screw free games il just forum" it would stabilize with time anyway, and he wouldn't even need all "help" he's getting on this specific forumtopic.