[Pokashew]

As with Vil, I appreciate your candor and taking responsibility for your actions, I think that's important. And, to make my expectations clear, I don’t believe it’s natural for anyone to immediately come clean when caught, I know that would be hard for me. It's a perfectly natural response to try to protect oneself, and I wouldn’t hold that against you.
 
Further, we've already come to the point where you've admitted your mistake, apologized, and explained at least part of your reasoning; so, I won't ask more from you for the first two. I would, however, like to drill down a bit more on your reasoning. With your explanation, it does appear to me that while some of your behavior was rent-seeking/self-interested, it wasn’t malicious. You did take into consideration other players that hadn’t been on in awhile, now whether that was they would be less likely to be hurt by it, or you’d be less likely to get caught, I’m willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.

So, to wrap up, I have a few more questions: 
 
o If you were in these player's positions, how would you feel seeing your hard-earned materials stolen?
o Looking back, what led you to grief in the first place, and how have your thoughts on that changed since being banned?
o Why do you think we take griefing seriously? What problems does it cause beyond just breaking blocks - both for the individual and the broader community as a whole?
 
Please put some thought and time into your response, as 1-2 sentence answers won’t be accepted.
 
Thank you and I look forward to your reply.