An exception for 2 cases in 1 thread which should have been in different sections even, just this once.
Make sure there is 1 case per thread for better handling.
Punishment Request
You are correct to question this when your intentions were not hostile, and Sinz's understanding of the situation might have not been clear, but i don't see a reason to issue a formal punishment considering no items/suits were lost in this interaction.
I will have an extra word with them for this though.
Punishment Appeal
According to Pops, even if you were unaware of the RP House textscreen, which indeed seemed like it was nonexistant, you were personally informed by him about it before he issued any punishments, which you ignored and tried raiding again with a tac, and for that reason the punishment stays. I've already spoken to Pops about textscreen sizes.