Adults are expected to be able to comport themselves as adults and display emotional maturity. No running-to-mommy, or asking for hands-to-be-held-while-crossing-the-street. Fight your own battles, with no referees intervening.
Long and heated arguments are okay; expletives and abuse are okay. Anyone who starts a rumpus in this group will NOT be banned. You will not be labeled as a 'trouble-maker'.
But if something does break out which is so disruptive to normal discourse, all the belligerence and spluttering will be moved to this folder. Similar to the way in which parents place their children in 'timeout'.
Except that in this case, the unproductive discussion itself will be targeted, and 'quarantined'..rather than the persons involved. Anyone who can speak like a calm, reasonable adult--their speeches will not be 'roped off' in any way.
Adults are expected to be able to comport themselves as adults and display emotional maturity. No running-to-mommy, or asking for hands-to-be-held-while-crossing-the-street. Fight your own battles, with no referees intervening.
Long and heated arguments are okay; expletives and abuse are okay. Anyone who starts a rumpus in this group will NOT be banned. You will not be labeled as a 'trouble-maker'.
But if something does break out which is so disruptive to normal discourse, all the belligerence and spluttering will be moved to this folder. Similar to the way in which parents place their children in 'timeout'.
Except that in this case, the unproductive discussion itself will be targeted, and 'quarantined'..rather than the persons involved. Anyone who can speak like a calm, reasonable adult--their speeches will not be 'roped off' in any way.