All of the last few posters have points. Some on top of their well meaning heads, but points nonetheless.
This was never about Steve. Never.
So let's not fool ourselves into thinking it was. Base your behavior on the facts.
While some of you may not have had enough of bg's crap, some of us have. You go on and be all nicey nicey if you like and feel free to voice your opposition to those of us who don't feel the same need.
Like Schools of Martial Arts, we may not do things the same way, but most of us have the same goals in mind. Success should sometimes be measured by the outcome, not how nice the form used to achieve it.
Sometimes nice just won't do. Sometimes you just don't have any desire to be nice. And there's nothing wrong with that. Sometimes. This is most assuredly one of those times. If a fish is foolish enough to ask you to kick it in the gills over and over, is it wrong to do as asked? No one said to the fish, "come here fish, I want to kick you in the gills."
The fish asked, the fish got. If you don't like fish, isn't there a dead horse somewhere around here looking for attention?