In battle, do you believe in deceiving the enemy so that he will hang himself with is own blind bravado? It is a debate tactic. Not a nice one for sure, but with his abuse he deserved it. You saw his ad hominem rants and libel against fellow FReepers, and you claim not to want this to be personal?
Yes, I was fed up with his constant paranoia and thread hijacking, but he was constantly ruining threads. Go back to Linux threads during the time of his ban, and notice how civil they were, even notice how people were commenting how civil they were without him. We actually had discussion at those times and polite disagreement, not constant paranoid rants and libel towards anyone who didn't think Linux was evil incarnate.
Go back and read the many negative comments I've made against Richard Stallman. It is clear to any sane person that I do not like him, do not like his overall agenda of ridding the world of most proprietary software, do not like his efforts to control hardware, and especially do not like him having an extreme philosophical approach to software. Then read GE's libel towards me, calling me a devout follower of Stallman and a supporter of his leftist agenda.
Now do you see where this is coming from? Just search for any thread with Linux in the title and watch the abuses GE is known for, the abuses he was banned for. Then you will understand why I did it.
Still not completely buying it. You can always choose to ignore him. Or if it is as bad as you say, get him a perma-ban. But evidently you chose a poor path (lying for months on end). If he took the bait so quickly as you claim you couldn've/should've called him out much sooner and ended the lie.
I bet the truth lies someone in between both of your's and ge's description; however, since you admitted to lying I've got to give him more benefit of the doubt over your description. Seriously if it was Hal9000 saying something I'd have to give it more weight as he's pretty consistent. But you'll go anywhere to prove a point which isn't even related to the topic just so you can avoid being proven wrong. Your credibility with me and probably many on this board is next to zero.