I thought "meaningless drivel" was a bit aggro and uncalled for - you could have just said you disagreed.
I can see and appreciate your point that the forum is improved by leaving the useful things you've shared on the table when you go. I'd agree with that.
I can't get behind busting Ond's chops for the choice he made when I'll never know the reasons why or what he went through that lead to him deciding to do what he did - so to the degree to which I felt like you were declaring what Ond should have done, I was a bit ruffled. I appreciate you being open to discussion and asking about it, though. I may have overreacted based on how I read your tone, and your response suggests that I probably did.
The way I figure it, if he'd wanted to leave his stuff here, that would have been nice, and I agree that gift would make this a better place. But it's not like he owes us anything, and calling it selfish verges on implying that he does. It's his stuff, and if he sleeps better for wiping it, for whatever reason, then I'm just glad that I got to see it during the time he felt like sharing it.
Thanks for asking my thoughts and hearing me out. Sorry for being more aggro than I should have been, myself.