MP should to write this on his forum:
"Hey everybody.
First off, I'd like to apologize to James. After reading his clarification, I now understand what he meant about feeling happy with the current situation. Is it depressing to hear personally? Yes. But we've all made our choices, and the band's choosing to move on in their own way. If you guys on the boards want to talk about his solo tour, knock yourselves out.
Without belaboring the point, leaving Dream Theater is maybe the most devastating thing to ever happen in my life aside from the deaths of my parents. Almost every waking moment of my life for the last twenty-five years has been devoted to the band's success.
A lot of posters on the internet have said I should get over this and move on. I can't do that right now. But, lately I've been lashing out in anger at various comments and news stories that upset me. Too many fans of me and Dream Theater feel caught up in a storm of negativity. And now I'm creating bad blood between me and my former band mates. While we find ourselves on separate paths, I don't want to sully what we created personally and professionally.
So, aside from any project related announcements, I'm going to take a sabbatical from internet interaction. I know for a lot of fans this will be a bummer, but I need to find my center and sense of self again before I try to get back to business as usual. I'm sorry this process will take so long, but it has to be this way. It seems everyone has accepted this but me. And since I can't make anyone else feel the way I do, I guess I'll have to see if time really does heal all wounds."
And then do it.