As far as I can tell, banning MNW seems to be a consistent case of enforcing the forum rules. Period.
But, and I think I stated that on several occasions, I do have a lot of respect for Matthew and it makes me somewhat sad to no longer have him around.
I guess the right thing to do here would be to lift the ban as soon as the moderators find that appropriate.
The thing about scammers, they don't pay back shit.
Matthew held the SCAMMER tag for a while. He paid back, no shit!
Had a scammer tag for a shitty bet he didn't collect money on? That one? BFL made a bet that they failed to deliver on for a very long time, donating 1000 BTC to charity, then formed their own charity and donated the BTC to? You cant compare the two, Matthew didn't scam shit on that bet, there is a difference between blatantly stealing and making a joke bet you cant afford.