Precisely. I do not have a problem with that because if there is no reason to scrutinise the manner in which merits are given by merit sources there is no reason to scrutinise the manner in which merits are given by non-merit source members too. I think if there is merit abuse between farmed accounts that should be addressed but other than that members are free to merit any post they like regardless of them being merit source or non-merit source.
Other than that I am not a huge fan of the merit system as it currently stands but that is a matter for a different time. Right now, I can see no reason why icopress is not a good candidate for merit source and hope theymos will keep him in mind the next time he selects a merit source.
Merit sources have a responsibility to give merits in an unbiased manner but can we really state as a matter of fact that has been the case throughout?
Merit sources are supposed to merit
whatever they like. Be it a high quality post, a joke, or a newbie question. That's why we have more than a hundred merit sources; simply because there's no "universal unbiased standard".