Allan, I don't hold it against you, as you are doing the job you are tasked with, or volunteered for. My issue is with the rules, or rather the spirit of the rules.

If it isn't you or me or the majority of the membership, but rather the few that would rape the system, then they should be as easy to pick off as I was. I dislike the idea that a responsible paying member must be sidelined in the absence of a serious offender (spirit of the rule).
I recognize that there are two schools of thought when it comes to rules: the black-and-whiters, and those that will adapt the rules to fit a particular scenario. I don't mind being a black-and-white guy, but if the application of the rule grossly overshadows the intended target of the rule, then there is a problem. Absolutists will have a field day with that line of argument.

I respectfully bow out of the fray. Do with this thread what you will. I will advise my friend to take his livestock elsewhere. No offense intended.