http://freerepublic.com/tag/by:azjoe/index?brevity=full;tab=comments
Reading all of this posters responses, minus the removed posts, it sure (still) looks like they were trolling.
Might consider extending their vacation.
Or making sure any threads they post in the future become....Undead.
Or, you might not try to excuse the private messages he was sending.
Fortunately the moderators can see those.