TE's talk page access 

I know it's a bit of old hat at the moment, but he was brought up on a talk page recently and I checked the history to verify a(n apparently incorrect) claim I wanted to make. (It's possible he's IP-socking again, by the way.) Why does he still have talk page access after this? Does the fact that you were the main target of the rant mean that your reverting your own previously restoring his talk page access would have been taken by some as an abuse of admin privileges? Because I really don't think anyone would fault you for it, and I have half a mind to ask another admin to do it anyway.  (聖やや)