To be honest, your post about 3 ounces and walking free sounds more like a typo than a joke, and if it really is a joke, I don't get it.
Either way, yeah, sure, he's gone overboard several times, but honestly just getting a post blocker of some sort, or just ignoring him would have been a better option.
Getting your point across in a PM is acceptable, too.
That's just my thoughts on the matter, but I would be quite interested on Starzy's view on this drama.