Well, the only reason people feel mislead or fearful is due to threads like this. Other individuals contacted admin, in private, to see what happened. Seeing threads like this makes it look as though bans are randomly handed out, that any view not aligned with admin/mods will see you thrown out. That has never and will never be the case. I'm sure I speak for both other team members when I say that, too.
I would request that any further questions of a similar nature are addressed in private first. If you then feel the replies/answers were unsatisfactory then by all means go public however, doing so before any contact has been made and with such an inappropriate title* does nothing but scare newbies off and create drama where there was none. Respect works both ways - if you want those in power to respect you then extend the same courtesy to them.
* - anyone searching for his company may find this thread and in turn, some of his other posts. Contrary to your belief that he can be coached in to doing good, the resulting search mentioned above would only be to the detriment of him and his brands. Counterproductive and the opposite of your intention.
I'll lock this thread now. I believe it has served it's purpose. As ALWAYS, everyone is free to contact the three of us to discuss issues. We're also always on IRC.