Possibly, because bumping threads just for the sake of bumping them is rather frowned upon, and spamming forums by bumping old threads for no reason at all definitely is.
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Why?
I understand that bumping for bumping's sake is just disruptive, but I have read some old threads and had something to say. If that happens should I just start a new thread? However, that seems to brake another rule, not to open new threads that are copies of other threads.
Bumping a thread because you have something to say or actually contribute to the thread is very different than just bumping a thread to bring it back up to the top. The first is fine; the second much less so.
Depends on the threads. Probably not though, unless it became so prevalent that it could be construed as spam. Common sense can usually give you such answers, and abusing common sense advice is generally what leads to bans. Just don't be stupid.