aren't, things like this happen. I'm still banned from the channel, people in this mailing list have said he shouldn't have banned me, and yet, I'm still not unbanned.
Ouch.
I will say that I appreciate all that Vitaliy does; he truly does an amazing amount of helpful work. I also have great sympathy for his frustration with users.
Further, I think the assessments of the conversation are essentially accurate; Vitaliy was quite reasonably frustrated with the conversation.
But I want to state for the record that I think Jonathan is correct on one point: he should not have been banned, and he certainly should not be banned now.
That was an overreaction and an abuse of op privileges, in my opinion.
Vitaliy, I think you should take a break, or /ignore, or /kick, or use some other tool to ease your frustration; a ban is inappropriate except in the most extreme cases, in my opinion.
Cheers,
Jeremy