I work in show business, which is (essentially) a meritocracy, so I have no problem with having rules be flexible.  I've worked with assholes who are geniuses and I'd work with them again, but I've also worked with assholes whose output is not worth the hassle, and I avoid them in the future. What you're saying boils down to, I think, that Alakzi is worth this degree of disruption, but I'd like to see what the evidence of that is.