No reason to leave. I've been banned a few times too. It never stopped me from posting again. The problem with the word pud is it has many meanings. Some are mild, and some are pretty bad.
There's one poster that I can't stand, and sometimes i'll stop posting just to get away from him. He doesn't post on the BP forum, so it's not one of you guys. He should have been permanently banned a long time ago, but hasn't been. Not sure why?