Michael,
Look, now you are parsing words, going well out of context, bringing in the kitchen sink, etc etc. Your post resembles something my ex-wife would say, BTW. I will address it one time for you.
You wanted an explanation of "Brian did not initiate this". "This" would be the BOI thread by Wes. Wes could have responded to Brian in the thread where Brian posted. Does that make sense ?
You ask: "Brian was a non entity on fauna for two months and pretty much starts back right at Wes. No if ands or buts. I don't see were Wes attacked Brian do you?"
That they have an ongoing feud is no surprise, as Wes has many such feuds. Brian came at Wes, round #1000 of their feud if need be. Wes is not being criticised for a response to Brian in the thread where Brian chose to berate Wes. Wes chose to make the retaliatory BOI thread. He has now been roundly chastised for it. BTW, Wes was a voluntary participant in the other thread, voluntarily antagonizing Dand and others. His comments there are fair game to anyone, within the rules, positive or negative, notwithstanding prior disagreements or disputes. I happen to think that Brian was right-on-the-money. Wes has swooped in on many threads in the exact same manner. Wes is now piling up the dings, as many have decided that he has not played by the rules.
If you can't see the difference between "Wes, the joke" in a post, vs. all that Wes has been dinged and criticised for here, then I may not be able to help you. Some banter is allowed Michael. Might I suggest reading the rules again as posted by Rich 10 days ago. If that doesn't do it, read the warning comments that Wes received by clicking on his warning points.
Lastly:
"Do the rules not apply to you (meaning me)", Lucille's poll, and other lingering issues ....... sorry, can't help you out there. There's probably a host of ex-wives out there who might want to commiserate with you ..... look to Google maybe.