"The question is why would he feel he had to ban a valued long-term posters and one of his and our forum's biggest supporters?"
I'm reminded of the joke about the guy who said, something like.
"I drive a truck, and they don't call me truck driver" "I write a hundred songs, but they don't call me song writer" "I screw just one sheep!!
This monomaniacal 6 year campaign is your 'sheep' Roger. It's what you will be remembered for, and all of your other posts will be as chaff in the wind.