You're missing where Gornick rambled on about laws that apply to legal tender and not Bitcoin, as if they applied to both equally.
You and he lost this argument about clawback, pooled assets, blah blah a long time ago.
I got my US$ back and Gornick got nothing except butthurt. QED.

I wasn't aware I was making an argument, merely an observation. As I said, I know nothing about Stephen Gornick's situation, and I have only vague memories of BitFloor losing a large stash of btc.
So his coins aren't going to be returned? Isn't there some sort of moral imperative to make good? Or is this beside the point?