My problem is that if we followed that approach there wouldn’t be anyone in the ban list. There are people out there that push buttons, some by accident but many on purpose. How far do we, as a community, stretch our rules to allow for his button pushing? You reach a point where the button pushing gets old, and for most it seems they are already there with this particular player, but what is that breaking point for you and Adam? It seems that, following your ideals, this player could do literally anything short of hacking and never get banned, simply because he is younger than anyone else.
Maybe he’ll grow up, maybe he won’t, but why let him continue to make people mad now when you know he hasn’t changed yet. Sure, there’s always potential but eventually you have to see an rtard for who he/she really is and act accordingly.