I don't think that's even the issue here.  The problem as I see it is that it has become so easy these days to garner sympathy by blabbing on about how much you've been persecuted, i.e., how much of a victim you are.  But in this case, what do we have?  One member who thinks the Turkish local board is stupid.  And OP wants Lauda whipped by the mods for expressing an opinion? 

You do realize Theymos thinks more of unfettered speech than you do, right OP?  There's no way in hell Lauda is going to get in trouble over that statement--nor should he/she/it.  If you don't have a thicker skin than this, you probably might want to stick to forums which have nannies as moderators and don't tolerate anything even close to offensive speech.  That isn't how bitcointalk is.  Not since I've been a member here.