No, he wouldn't be banned for defending SGG. No one ever has.
I've banned a few people for creating multiple accounts, accusing the forum owner of grievous sin, insubordination, etc.
But if William, Laurencio, etc. (all the same guy, chances are) had stuck to arguing with Gladius, even in a heated manner, they would not have been banned.
But William, Laurencio, Brent Sanders, etc. were probably all the same man: a violation of CathInfo rules against holding multiple accounts.
They had several things in common, which common sense tells me can't be a coincidence:
* same attitude toward Gladius
* same attitude toward other posters here, and towards the forum owner
* same argument/problem with Gladius' words & actions
* none of them learned from the "others" mistakes -- so it's probably one stubborn person rather than 5.
* all of them were VERY "into" the issue while their accounts were active. They were near-obsessed with it; so it makes sense that, having been banned, they would re-join.
Like I said, I expect people to leave me out of it. I'm hosting the forum, and I leave you to your own arguments. When two Catholics get into a heated argument about a given issue, it's very tempting for both approach the moderator to try and get his opponent banned for heresy. There is little in matters of Faith that "doesn't matter", right? One of the opponents has to be in heresy, right? And heresy has no right to a voice. "Freedom of speech isn't a Catholic concept", etc.
But you see how that would destroy all good discussion on matters of importance. So I usually ignore such requests. But WilliamLaurencioBrentSanders wouldn't let it rest; he continued to attack this forum and me personally. So, for the good of the forum, I banned him/them.
Matthew