I understand that our forum is democratic
What makes you think that? 
Correct. I (and other merit sources) don't always agree with theymos, but I don't believe he wants us to, either. The whole point of the merit system and DT voting is for the community to collectively decide for itself what actions are appropriate, without having to appoint theymos as our benevolent dictator. If theymos has to intervene for every little disagreement, the experiment is a failure.
Seeing such questions, it seems that a person has the right to know everything, even the color of the underpants of some faces. But probably not everyone is so stubborn, and not everyone sticks their nose where they do not need to be.
Although one can guess that there is no smell of democracy here, observing that the last word still remains with the kind dictator.