My personal opinion. These talked about members in this particular thread are very old and have a strong community of top members of this forum. I can clearly see that there are multiple groups that are running the majority of high paying campaigns and no one wants to be in the bad books of these members. The person was immediately sorry to Luptin because they don't want to be in the bad books of him and his associates. That is called looking out for himself.
It is Human nature. The current format of the forum makes it very important for a new member to be in the good books of major players to get merits/signatures/campaigns etc. Your chances on the forum are limited if you offend any major group. But, that is how all the major organizations/governments work. This is what really really concerns me about the current format of the forum. The power to control now rests with a select few.
You hit the nail on the head with this one. This sums up the situation in here pretty well. Decentralized coin with fully centralized forum how funny is that?