I don't take it as given at all. I made those personal attacks in the context of a single issue, which had infact become moot before this block was even extended and my talk page was locked. And I've only made one previous unblock request before this one, by email due to that locking, and I don't recall that containing any personal attacks. With that in mind, then in answer to the question, I've had time to reflect on the consequences of what happened nearly 10 days ago now, and that's what motivated the request above.