No, but use a little bit of common sense while enforcing the forum rules.
There's a warning system here, yes? Yellow cards? Infractions? I don't remember now, cause it's ages since I saw the rules and ages since I got an infraction. But I'm fairly familiar with them, at least enough to have an opinion.
I just don't think Albert would've gotten an instaban for that post if we just go back a year or two. Something's happened here. The enforcing of the rules have become a bit more "automatic" it feels, with little interpretation of what actually happened, who did it, if it was a first offender or whether the guy simply made a mistake. This place has become a lot more strict, is what I'm saying.
If it's the way we're headed, then fine. But just consider the culture that we have here, and what makes this forum so great.