But I don't know, if you feel sorry for him you can send him a little merit, we also can't make a problem of that because the forum don't directly moderate the merit system.
While the merit system is not directly moderated, you should consider spending your sMerit on posts that are truly worthy. This means you shouldn't spend your merit on useless posts that are likely to be questioned. That's how the merit system works, but if you get good quality posts from anyone then you can do it any time.
Basically the merit system was introduced to encourage higher quality, so if you find a quality post, you can get it regardless of the rank. So there's no reason to care to some one without good quality posts, that way you'll avoid abusing the system.