Ack. Looks like it's up to me to set up the "that was a bit extreme" base camp, then.
Um. That was a bit extreme, wasn't it? I mean, I'm not a mob-with-pitchforks coming for your modhood, or anything, but, um. I dunno. I'm not really sure we should go down a road upsettingly close to some kind of stylistic-elitism. "No, you're not funny enough, your posts shall be removed from our presence" etc etc.
Ho hum. As for him being asked to stop... by who? I mean, obviously, yes, people did ask him to stop. But, uh, that was just their opinion, wasn't it? I dunno. He just seemed entirely harmless to the forum, which is kind of the yardstick I thought we modded to around here.
So, yeah. That's my bottom line, really. He may have been unamusing and not making much of a 'valid' contribution to the forum, but, so?