I'm with Joe on the bias front. I'm no more biased towards faction members than I am towrds independents, but I am in favour of properly regulated factions.
Now to the point raised, Jammi hit the nail on the head, most posts concerning possible Admin bias and conspiracy tend to be posted by the inflammatory or those just sanctioned, which makes it hard for people to accept the validity of any post concerning such when it's not made by one of those two groups. The well has been poisoned and folks aren't willing to drink out of it.
However I too am a little tired of seing threads driven off context by silly pictures. Given forum rules forbid deliberate off topic posting, perhaps it's time we started cracking down on it a little harder, whetther or not it's a thread the moderators and Admins like.
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