>i was simply quoting a remark somone called me and asked a moderator for his opinion
you just stated yourself why you got in trouble. if the other person should get in trouble for saying it, you will likely get in trouble for repeating it. yes, even if you were asking a mod if they should get in trouble, you are still saying it, and that is not allowed! take a screen shot, save it as a .jpeg (or other acceptable format), attach it to an email, and mail it to moderator@flyordie.com and let them decide there what to do.
as for why you got a (temp) ban and the other person got a demerit... you probably have a history of getting in trouble (whether that be once, or five times, or more), while the other person might not have. it barely matters how serious (or innocent) your mistake (or theirs) was... if you keep doing things, you will keep getting worse and worse punishments.
--jason