rules regarding suspension

I think the analogy would be more along the lines of "If you commit a crime you might get 25 years in prison but we might be more lenient"... which would probably work on principle, cause laws should not be about how to punish you for punishments sake and more about 'scaring' you into doing the right thing it your conscience does not show you the right thing...

More exact limits are mainly there for accountability, but as long as there is at least an internal guideline for the site...

BTW not actually trying to fight your interest in it, just liking this line of discussion :-)

Not sure in what society you live in, but where I live it's always "well I guess you'll find out". It's not a transaction where you do this bad thing and get exactly this treatment. There are only some guidelines.

You might say the guidelines in actual laws are more specific and sure you'd be right. Here your guideline pretty much is "don't be a dick" and the very act of thinking about 'what punishment I can get for doing this or that' already suggests that the person wants to be a dick and is just trying to figure out if the consequences can be ignored. And that's not the idea to give people ideas how they can "work around things" like it happens in actual law with all the things like "tax optimisation" or other loopholes. No loopholes for assholes, you're an asshole, you get punished, no excuse :3 That's my understanding.

EDIT: I do realize though is that I covered the "or" part not the "don't do..." part; normally if something is not forbidden, it is allowed, but the "don't do" is also covered in this "don't be an asshole" thing