The mods might want to keep him around in order to act as a counterweight to the overwhelming pro-China stance on this forum and thus avoiding the forming of an echo-chamber (already happened? Not sure, I would say no)
I agree that he has some valid arguments and I also agree that he is a troll
By the way, you might want to give another chance to gadget, it seems he has changed his ways and he is far more rational and normal now.
How about..opening a thread that only banned accounts can post in and no where else. Would be entertaining to watch an online rubber room.
As for the "Huston lawyers", "German scholars", "Chartered engineers" or Mongolian Admirals this guy might give a clue as to what's going on between their ears.
"He refused to accept that the papers were his for two reasons. The first reason was that the papers listed him as Iranian, but he wanted to be British. Second, and more peculiar is that he wanted the documents to show his preferred name of “Sir Alfred Mehran” as opposed to his real name Mehran Karimi Nasseri. "
"His lawyer felt that Sir Alfred lost his grip on reality. He was granted residency in both France and Belgium but refused to accept it since they listed his birthplace as Iran and had his real name. When asked if he finally wanted to leave the airport and go home to look for his mother in Scotland, Sir Alfred simply stated, “I’m already home.”
"This led to frustration among some of his closest benefactors, the airport doctor and his lawyer. Many speculated that he was so accustomed to his fame and attention that he feared he would lose it if left the airport. If his papers, granted residency, and hundreds of thousands of dollars weren’t enough to make him leave the airport it was unclear what would."
