I obviously don't mind theymos expressing his opinion, I appreciate it. I dislike the way it was done. He can [...] post his opinion publicly and let everyone make their decisions.
I'd like to take this argument a little further:In sending a PM to all DT1 members, theymos set a precedent of using what I would call unsolicited mass email aka SPAM to get his message across.
We're on bitcointalk, a forum, goddammit.
Dear theymos, you want to get a message out to a lot of people?
Start a thread on "Meta"!
(Of course, the same would apply to Lauda, who sent a PM as well. But this might be forgiven, since it was obviously a reaction to theymos' PM).