CChris,
Back in the day, I enjoyed reading Rex's posts. He was abrasive, but often offered an interesting perspective. He was absolutely classic when Zarquawi was offed.
My problem with Rex was how intensely personal he made his flame-wars. He turned this site into his own personal playground and battleground. He was downright mean and that is something I have little tolerance for.
Since PWZ faltered, he has come back under a myriad of handles and has been much more restrained, mellow and not really nasty at all. This hasn't gone unnoticed.
That being said, he tried to ruin this site and pretty much forced Rogers to install site moderation, which up until that point, RCade never felt moderation was necessary.
When he started up PWZ, he and his cohorts attempted to draw Drudgies away - and he had some initial success. However, his nastiness pushed good people away from PWZ - Revdarko and Kanrei come immediately to mind.
As much as I appreciate the fact that he's no longer a nuisance on this site, in whatever iteration he's posting under, I have a real hard-time simply overlooking all of his past shenanigans.