You answered your own question.
It was more so to agree with PB's sentiment of Barney didn't OK it, just couldn't do anything about it.
Thanks, fellas. But you know why he's doing this. I said my piece in the post above, even though I'm trying not to reply in this thread. But you're both friends, and you both know what's going on here. He wants an argument. Don't give him what he wants.