I've been talking to him, and I think he is being serious. I may be being overly optimistic here, but I believe that if you give him a chance, he will change his ways. Now, I realize that he has done some things to deserve a bit of hate, but not recently, and many people's responses to him, yours in particular, have only added to the problem. If he makes a hateful comment, responding in kind will only add fuel to the fire, making it even more difficult for you two to make up. All I'm asking is that you hear him out, and if he is willing to apologize, as he has shown himself to be, let him. Drop your grudge and apologize to him, and I believe he will do the same. The fighing between you two has gone on long enough, and I think I speak for all of us when I say it's time it ended.