You're right, you are entitled to do as you want, but I would have to disagree that it is for the greater good.  All this Alt-coin pumping and scamming going on is terrible for the community.  Consider this, you're a new person to cryptocoins and heard something about it on the news.  You go to check it out, and you run into all the scams and ripoff artists that are rampaging around this community lately.  The saga about BFL, incompetency at MtGox, pool operators scamming, and now alt-coins made just to pump and dump on newbies.  Think you're going to decide to get involved?