Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like you're the one out of line for attacking him as a "merit whore", and while he should of just ignored you, how about just cool it both of you? This whole thing is stupid.
Agreed. The foul language makes it harder to take this topic seriously.
Ratimov's "plagiarism" topics have been discussed before, and I've expressed my opinion there: he could definitely improve on the way he quotes references to make it more obvious it's taken from somewhere else. But plagiarism is handled by the Mods, and if Mods think his posts are allowed, why should users care?