Sorry. But that's just not totally accurate. Usually cabinet members get autoops during their tenure. Bans are not that frequent and permabans rarely happen. Are people banned for an evening? Yes, it happens. Most often because they are in the room and either on a soapbox or whining that people aren't playing the IRC game the way THEY want it played. In the past 3 months, there are 3 bans that I know of. One was a person that found the room during when we were oping everyone and decided to start banning EVERYONE. One was Escade, which has been lifted, due to disagreements with someone (never argue with someone with a gun), and one was another player who doesn't get it that his beliefs on acceptable language and actions does not fly in the group that frequents the room. Do we kick people? All the time, but usually in the name of fun. NO ONE has every been banned without knowing why.
As for only three ops being long term citizens, There are only three people with auto ops besides the founder and SOPS. So there goes that logic.