The real meat of that story was this line:
Dick is suffering from Limelight Deprivation Syndrome or a similar affliction
Thats exactly the reason why you should not respond here to Dicks wind-ups anymore, if like me you do not appreciate his agenda.
Publicity is his oxygen.
Responding to him here gives him some credibility to self-promote his importance, ergo: gets more oxygen.
Cut off the oxygen.