When I find the rare urge to start quoting famous figures in heated support of principles on a board such as this, I just take a step back and go "haha, why so serious, me?"
There are weightier things to invest your emotional energy in.
Ah. Strange that he wouldn't include a link to that post in his farewell post. I guess maybe he figured that the people who would be interested in his departure would already understand the story behind it. Well, that obviously wasn't the case!
I guess I understand his rationale for deleting his past posts; I don't think it's a good decision, but it's his decision to make, I suppose.