Reviewing blocks

You said: "I'd also like to ask you that in future, for the sake of fairness and due process that you do not decline the unblock requests of users you block yourself unless the request is pure nonsense or abusive. From an ethical, reviews of blocks are meant to be carried out by a 3rd party."

Will do.  I thought it was pretty clear in this case, given the editor's user page (GNAA, etc., etc., etc.), that the unblock request was pure nonsense.  Also, I was under the impression that the unblock request would still be visible and reviewed by other admins.  I'll be more careful in the future.