Objecting to the methodology used to tag him does not equal defending him. If we gave the police unlimited power to search people's homes without a warrant, no doubt they would find plenty of drug dealers and other criminals. The problem with that is it also strips the innocent of all of their rights. That has always been my complaint with this issue, it was based on speculation and guesses, not facts.
You are defending him ipso facto pretending its simply a matter of him being a bad trader. You are wrong here. Your analogies carry no weight, because yet again I have to remind you this isn't a court room. Its not a justice system, and nobody is being tried or even accused of committing any crimes. Nobody has "rights" on this forum. All usage of it is a privilege that could be revoked at any second, for any reason. Not that we have the power to ban users anyway.
Level 1 flags are based on speculation. The text in a Level 1 flag reads:
Warning: One or more bitcointalk.org users have reported that they strongly believe that the creator of this topic is a scammer.
Key word:
believe.
The text guideline for leaving a negative trust rating reads:
You think that trading with this person is high-risk
Key word:
think.
Usage of either component does not have to be based on "facts." They are both guided by personal opinion. The flag system is being used correctly here, as is the trust rating system.
here it is:
Thanks for sharing the specifics of your experience.