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.
please share the links.
Last time I had a go at the moderation style here i got in trouble.