If any of you have ever competed in duplicate bridge tournaments, you know immediately that bridge can bring out the worst aspects of our personalities. Players can become angry, vindictive, petty, rude, explosive, and quarrelsome with their own partners over the simplest mistake in the play of the hand. Failure to bid properly or to receive a signal correctly leads to a bad hand and maybe a bottom score. For this reason, spouses often avoid partnering with each other for the sake of their marriage. Bridge directors have created tools to deal with this problem. Unwelcome behaviors are posted and violators are called to account immediately. There are consequences for offenders ranging from point loss through expulsion. Perhaps the leadership of this site should consider something similar. We know what some of the offending behaviors are. Shouldn't there be consequences when abuse occurs? The only consequences I have seen to date are that offensive posts are erased or the offender is suspended. What do you think might work here? Sure, there will be clashes which can be nipped in the bud, but they don't have to end up as slings and arrows over a large number of posts, each deteriorating with the next volley. What kind of standards do we want in keeping this a friendly, supportive community for all ostomates? PB
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