I don't understand why you are trying so hard to portray Sel as being the good guy.
He was apparently not prepared to tell which postings were offending to him and of the choices proposed, he selected the closing of the forum. Sel's behaviour resulted in the shutdown of a forum, which was important to many holographers and has caused much grief.
It is a shame that the ego trip of two persons got such destructive consequences. It took hundreds of people 8 years to build up that valuable pool of information.
Shame on you, Selwyn Lissack.