User blog comment:SpaceWeather/Eh I feel as though I should say a few things./@comment-1034367-20130725151503/@comment-1034367-20130725172757

''The clique thing is ridiculous. Keep in mind that Fire had been a user that nobody knew, but he quickly became part of the regular community. We're not some super-secret cult that no one else can join, if people think a ban is unfair (and I'm in no way shape or form trying to say that Fire's ban was unfair), regardless of who the user is, I'm sure people will still speak out.''

I don't think he was saying it's impossible to join the "clique", just that if you're not in it, people tend to disregard a ban whether it's infinite or 2 hours.