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Well, the story is about the 'feud' between Pisty, Epi and Donut. This was construed by many to be Pisty bullying Epi; which he and others deny. A lot of this "bullying" centred around her private life; which is where Donut comes in. Again there is the counter argument to this about what is private and what is public and who made the former in to the latter.
Ultimately Velocio decided that, after a few warnings, Pisty was continuing a vendetta which would otherwise have faded away. So he got banned for a few days; twice. The second time Donut also got banned. Then Pisty made a comment about a photo in a thread that was clearly another snide dig at Epi; he and his supporters might well deny this but they'd be fooling no one. So that was the final straw; 12 people reported his post and david followed through with his threat to ban him for an indefinite period.
The 'bullying' could be said to be being continued with this thread which more than insinuates that Epi is to blame and that Pisty has been unfairly treated for voicing his opinion. I doubt that any disinterested party sees his treatment that way.
No one gets banned for disagreeing with another member or most of us would be gone by now. Those disagreements can even be couched in personal and vitriolic terms without it provoking much protest. The forum is a treasure trove of robust insult and put downs. That is different from a personal vendetta and different from when someone has had several warnings and chooses not to stop doing what they have been repeatedly told not to do by the owner and moderator of the forum.