This is one of the main reasons for what this forum is good for: clear communication. Marlon has given his explanation now and that is good for understanding what has happened.
As you all know fighting tends to make people excited, and in the surge of battle-joy one tends to make decisions that might turn out to be wrong or stupid afterwards. People should be able to talk about it without getting tempers flared and the internet is the right kind of neutral turf to do it.