After reading the recent posts and threads, I think that the community is more upset about the inconsistency. We are aware of multiple wintrading players on the ladder, people who were wintrading for years and no action was taken against them. We are aware of people who wintraded in finals and were not permabanned. We are aware of people who were wintrading and were permabanned. There is no guideline about that kind of offense and players (myself included) are just upset about the injustice and potential unfair treatment- these things should be clearly written, explained and punishments should be equal for everyone.
Art's case was very unique though and shouldn't really be used as example, although it shows that staff people are actually human beings. Admitting errors in judgment (especially publicly) is a telltale sign of being a decent people so big respect to them for reverting the decision of permaban.