I can tell you what the problem is... Some dude went there and started bashing Guyfawkes for his mail about the copied rules. And because this dude couldn't fight his war alone, he brought many many friends, who happened to be from the same country. And almost all those dudes started to behave quite badly, insulting Guyfawkes and others like _mp_. So the only way to get that angry crowd quiet and away from the channel which doesn't have anything to do with that gbax2004->tomak compo batlle, was banning the whole TLD. That's all.