Quote from nutmeg:
Sorry the guy gets a pass, every body gets a pass in my book, hence the act of contrition.
I'm fine with giving anyone a pass, with an important EXCEPTION:
When somebody holds themselves out publicly to be an expert in a field...or a model of behavior...and they then act or perform in direct counter to their public statements and position...they are deserving of ridicule.
This site itself is filled with many such examples. Pretenders who hold themselves out to be expert, then fail the most basic public tests.
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=250400