So if someone in power has not been democratically elected they can and should be free to do whatever they want, no matter how unfair or corrupt it is?
If is not detrimental for the matters which they represent, yes.
With that kind of mindset I wonder why you are even involved in the Bitcoin project.
I am not yet involved in any project related to Bitcoin. I am only a participant of this forum.
So there is no reason to wondering.
I think if a man owns a house he should be able to do anything he wants in it. But Theymos does not own this house. He is merely looking after it for the benefit of us who live in it.
This is not a house and the participants of this board do not live here.
This forum is the heart of Bitcoin discourse. It has been since the very beginning of the Bitcoin project. It's not just some private forum that Theymos started.
That does not mean the forum administrators have any obligation to agree with the demands of Bitcoins users.
I don't have a problem with forum rules. Spammers, scammers and anarchy makes for shitty discussions. The problem is that the rules don't seem to be enforced in a consistent, impersonal and impartial way. If rules suddenly become more strictly enforced when the person who breaks them criticizes the private business practices of the administrator, then we have an unfair situation, wouldn't you agree?
No, I would not.
Moreover, no user has been banned due criticism against Theymos. This has already been explained by the administrators and moderators.