The general problem is that someone somewhere out there was an ******* at start and he said "the best way to trade is to be a zoner"
And there are actually people that come here for pure PVP, because there's plenty of people and then they have to cope with roleplay to get their PVP fix. Since they can't cope with roleplay in a trader because it lacks guns. So they want to make trading as painless as possible.
While that was possible and easy before, the "roleplay awareness" of the server has risen and people started to roleplay trading factions and non combat factions as well. Forging relationships and demanding from their enemies / neutrals / allies the same.
So along comes zoner full of contraband in his 5k train and defends with his neutrality. Worst thing's worst? The other side lets the zoner slide and idiocity starts.
We're the ones that made zoners like this (we as the community) and now we have to battle it all and fix it.
I honestly never thought zoners will be advanced as much as they are, and I would love to see them being a invite only group. Picking Zoners first in this game is like going to university before high school. You simply lack a general knowledge of how things work to represent zoners, and by the time you actually learn, you have developed your own opinion on Zoners and you think you are the one who's correct. It's a magic circle.