Oh dear lord. 'Connections'?
Yeah, here we go again. I challenge you to ask any other mod (who can see all infractions that have been given, and by who) to check out every one of my 'mates' and find one who has not received an infraction/ban from me. Seriously, this really gets on my nerves.
Currently the one person that I get on with most on this site, is on a 7 day ban, given by me. So yeah, cry bias all you want, I'm used to it. Just know that its total bollocks