Yes, some people liked the guy. Nothing wrong with that. But he still flagrantly broke the rules, and some people act like an injustice was done to him? Not that just used the term "fag", but he would call other posters that directly. Apparenly some people wanted that abuse, like adam there, but not everybody did.
Like Malice said, he could return here if he wanted to, and if he was at all reasonable he could learn something from it and be a better man and a better poster for it.
Bringing him back is one thing. To give him an apology for something he did himself, now THAT would be beta.