given those choices I like "conspiracy". I mean the rhythm is right. But I think
The Great Vaseline Controversy would be more accurate.
(from Roget II)
controversy
NOUN: A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle. Informal : hassle, rhubarb, tangle. See CONFLICT.
on the other hand if you look through the various "V" threads, in among the actual information sprinkled about, there have been guests posing as registered posters, (obviously spies). And occasionally I could have sworn that the same guest was posting on both sides of the issue (double agents) And who really knows that an occasional registered poster wasn't posting disguised as a guest. Definitely conspiracy!
Reminds me of the dreadful "bread" scandal of a few years back.
http://freedomkeys.com/bread.htm