I am 61 years old and I have owned several websites with forums (still have one with several members) and I have been a moderator on several forums for many years and part of this forum from the very beginning. From my observations I will say that O2 does NOT have the personality to be a mod, definitely not. He is vengeful and can't wait to ban people while he antagonizes them. It's a one way street with him when you try to explain something, he's like, my way or the highway. He is on a very strong power trip.
I think the reason why he is not removed as a moderator may be due to the fact that he is also a donator here. The owner of this forum can't go on and ignore the fact that so many posters are complaining about ONE moderator in particular. His original post just indicates to me that he will support that moderator no matter what he does. just my opinion.