My friends,
I am sorry that you all had to put up with this abuse. No more will be forthcoming. I feel you all deserve an explanation.
When warned, tactfully but honestly, swamp blamed all of us for his unacceptable behavior, refused to accept any responsibility for it, and then insulted us all again on top of it. If I won't stand for that kind of behavior, certainly not from a (supposedly) grown man and see no reason why you should either. An adult admits mistakes and attempts to make things right, but he could not and would not. He seems to be the kind of man who knows everything and is always right. He must be a very lonely man and I do feel sorry for him, but not so sorry that I could ever condone such behavior at the expense of us all or allow it to continue unchecked. This is the first time I have ever had to take action of this sort and I feel I gave him more than a chance to to make things right, but when it came down to it, all of you come first with me and the right choice was clear. Thank you all for your patience and for your admirable restraint in dealing with him.
Most folks when they are new here pick up the rules that have evolved here by tacit agreement through reading posts and by noting and accepting the example of our members. On other forums, rudeness and flaming is the norm, but never here. Usually a discrete word is enough on very rare occasions to get the point across to someone who doesn't realize it, and all proceeds happily from there. This is the first time it has not worked.