By choosing not to respond, this may be a brilliant move on his end in making "immortal" the persona _why (and keeping the fire hot). An article in slate, follo

By choosing not to respond, this may be a brilliant move on his end in making "immortal" the persona _why (and keeping the fire hot). An article in slate, followed by discussions in various communities such as Hacker News show that he left on a high note and his persona still has a lot of "pull".