The only problem with this is that there's no real course of communication with google. They make it a matter of policy to not provide customer service.
"in 2003 when Denise Griffin, the person in charge of Google’s small customer-support team, asked Page for a larger staff. Instead, he told her that the whole idea of customer support was ridiculous. Rather than assuming the unscalable task of answering users one by one, Page said, Google should enable users to answer one another’s questions."
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/03/mf_larrypage/3/
Fairness does not exist in real life. Screaming "unfair" will not help you achieve anything. It's such a ridiculous situation for me. All these guys are sitting on the line, raging at real life because popular culture brain washed them.
This is the PERFECT time for anyone who has done penance and is still being blacklisted by Google to document it all and go to the press.
There are A LOT of people/journalists waiting to jump on a story that shows Google has double standards.
But first they must be willing to do their part by documenting these facts and reaching out the journos. It will not come to them.
Like I quoted "to save a drowning man.....