done in private? you ban someone and post in the public thread (the thread that person most likely posted in before the ban) that they're banned and send some stupid standard pm (which you cannot see on the forum because you're banned) - hows that taking it to pm?
if you want to ban someone and want to keep it private then don't post in threads that you just banned someone?
its funny how we can use words like '****' but we cannot use sill talk