Honestly, I so hope you get unbanned. I can think of other people who have done a lot worse.

I'm sure that Gmod, your posting purely because of instances happened in-game. Just forget about it, let the past be the past.
Mario has apologised clearly here and it's safe to say that yeah, he got a perm ban but he has proven himself. He's sorry enough that he won't even do it again, like I got banned for racism, I didn't do it after that. I really don't think that proposing such a long ban will show you that he has changed and matured, find that out yourself in-game.

Even so, who said Mario was referring to rape? Like Mario could of referred to savage but I'm not involved so I won't drag things out. Mario was explaining me on steam what happened and that he was sorry for his actions. I believe that this ban appeal should be accepted and he can prove to you in-game how he has changed. Simple solution, unban him, let him show you, if not, replace the ban with a stricter chance of getting unbanned.

Like the lead team say, you're not there to punish, you're there to make sure people learn their lesson and hope they won't do it again, in this case I believe Mario has learn't his lesson, despite him only being banned a short while.