I gotta say, even though this is a shitty situation for the the people involved, I'm impressed by how well it has been handled by pretty much all sides.

Both sides of the argument in the punishment threads made very good points without resorting to personal attacks, delivering both valid criticisms and good defenses of HO's and Ace's actins. And now this announcement serves as a fair addendum to the original punishment and adresses some key points in a good conccise manner, hopefully clarifying them for the future.