One of the reasons I surrendered my moderator hat was to be able to reply to posts exactly like this.
Don't be taken in by this deceitful nonsense fellas. Nobody has done anything to Dali to make him feel unwelcome here. As you can clearly see, he's gotten plenty of encouragement to stay.
What IS happening is that he's just really miffed, and embarrassed, that he can no longer do and say whatever he wants around here without taking responsibility for it - ie baiting people, starting flames, and dragging threads down the toilet. He's playing members like a fiddle with a sympathy card. Without all of the nonsense, this place must seem like a lot less fun for him. IF he leaves, those will be the reasons, and you can take it to the bank my friends! He's never been reprimanded for any of his opinions, news items, talking in the 3rd person, etc. He was only told to stop making personal attacks on people and deliberately inciting trouble.
As for the others who "were" getting into it with him. Thank you all for seriously trying to behave yourselves - I know how hard that can be given the provocations of the member at issue.