>What you say is true, but sometimes there is a power imbalance in which one party uses its power, connections and vendor award status to gather and selectively present information in a concerted campaign to destroy another. Being "neutral" in such a situation is to condone the result.


I think you have hit the nail on the head as far as what many of us find deplorable about this whole situation: the strong preying on the weak, and for no reason other than spite.