I'm not going to pretend I'm blind to people's faults and foibles, but it's hard to know what you're talking about without knowing who you're referring to.  And I have no clue what you mean with point #2 above, using people as bait to earn merit.  You'll have to explain that one.  Same thing with #3.

As far as getting administration involved, good luck with that.  Theymos tends to take a hands-off approach to running this forum, and he's the one who put the merit system in place, which is probably the cause of much of what you're complaining about.  In addition, the people who complain the loudest about all the perceived injustices around here are usually members who contribute nothing but IQ-lowering nonsense in hopes of getting the maximum payment from whatever bounty they and their alt accounts are in.  Theymos knows this, and I don't think he's going to make modifications to anything based on whining from the peanut gallery.

And yes, some of the older members tend to be very crunchy, but I don't often see people getting 'abused'.  It's more like extremely harsh criticism, which everyone ought to expect on the internet.