It was always going to go downhill after this but if ELf had walked back any of that shit from the waypoint interview or his statement to the mods or his past history none of this would have been as bad. Obviously anyone who is hardcore "believe women" would still have gone regardless, but others may not have.
seems like it's impossible for him to do a mea culpa (even a bullshit one) for fear of what it might do to his ego.
ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS APOLOGIZE FOR HIS BEHAVIOR IN THE WAYPOINT ARTICLE PROFUSELY.
That's all he had to do: apologize! Not only that but for past transgressions. And say he was going to get help.
A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the
scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The
frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion
says, "Because if I do, I will die too."
The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream,
the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of
paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown,
but has just enough time to gasp "Why?"
Replies the scorpion: "Its my nature..."