While perhaps you are being sarcastic, I think it is quite literally true that "blocking repeat offenders a 4th, 5th, or 6th time and giving "second" and "third" chances to others is an acceptable waste of time for many" as many admins are bored cats playing with mice. All of us here have to decide which activities are an acceptable use of our time and which are not. I tell everyone, "If editing wikipedia is not fun, you are not doing it right." Lately editing wikipedia has begun to be less fun for me so I've cut down greatly on the edits I make. Guy seems to have done the same. Frankly, I think it not wise to perform the role of admin with a username whose real life identity is known. Perhaps Guy has come to the same conclusion and is even now editing under an alias. I hope he is.