Whether the thread broke rules of behaviour or not, its a matter of public record and should have remained so. End Rant.
The thread should not have been deleted. It should hang there as a wall of shame, and warning of how quickly someone can go from being a cool guy to a self-righteous twat (although I suspect he is struggling with some issues outside teh intarweb)
I have the pages cached on another PC if you want to read it all, and I'm convinced there are many screenshots out there as well.