On the weekend of Freud's rampage, the site was down. So, he could not of logged on and asked to be talked out of it even if he wanted to. He may even have believed he was banned, as I did. Yet, this fact has not been mentioned in any reports I have read. Maybe if the site was more technically reliabe the tragedy could have been averted?
i don't believe that's true, actually, and seeing as i was online dealing with the fallout all weekend, i think i'm probably right. the site wasn't down for any length of time, anyway - i was at the computer for about 8 hours solid, so i'd have noticed.
my memory may be wrong, of course, but i don't think so.