My final .02:

Rand and Dan are right.
I didn't intend to 'slam'  highpointer as a person, but his actions and 
explanatory logic are faulty, and that is where I have an issue.
Truly, I don't give a lump of guano what highpointer does with TBs. Like 
Apryl and RTW, I find them mostly a P.I.T.A. Some do like them, and 
actually seek them out. Even the 'harmed' cacher who found the empty 
hotel was glad it hadn't been hit by one of the TB exterminators that 
are in other areas.

If  highpointer is within bounds to (publicly OR privately) chide others 
for treating them (TBs) 'incorrectly', he should expect no less from 
others. Personally, I would be more apt to be concerned what 'the group' 
thinks about my actions over what one person may think. This is where 
'the group' speaks.

We, as a group, must determine the limits of  'good taste in 
Geocaching'. Some here agree that his actions were wrong, others prefer 
to ignore it until it affects them directly. Fine.

Steve