So why did you say 2 posts upstream: "Perhaps they may now be more sympathetic". As he pointed out in a parallel thread, he never asked for sympathy. It looks more like you David are just trying to make yourself look more empathic than your heart makes you feel. Why is that?
I am aware that you keep saying so. Was this a private message you should not have shared, a forged message, or one where you have distorted the context? Even if it were truly something he said publicly, it still amounts to personal feelings that a normal person would not keep repeating.
1) Respect his privacy. Part of this is following his request not to use his real name here, despite that fact that everyone knows it already. I even bothered to redact it in my inclusions above because it seems that this is too complicated for you to understand. 2) Freely give tech tips if I know answers offhand, instead of making him jump through hoops. 3) Don't respond to posts forged in his name or posted by the anonymous coward. 4) Don't go on about stuff he did during the previous millenium that he has apologized for several times. 5) Tell him politely when I believe he is mistaken.