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I dont understand the downvotes here, is my analogy wrong? Why?
Because an LLM is not a person, it cannot suffer.
The operator is a person and can and did suffer
The operator is a person who irresponsibly or maliciously threatened to collect data and DOS a group of volunteers.

You're allowed to block bad actors and have fun while doing it.