It merely hides the problem as I said earlier and does not deal with it.
it creeps into the unknown and finds its victim and prey - sighs
how do we deal with it?
open and frank discussion is the best way to accomplish this.
sometimes, even if we are open - what if the other side is not - that's another problem. Even here, I've been called names in the chat - by some who even thought of me as a different person - sighs. I just try to remember what you wrote on the Etiquette article you wrote back then -
Don't take things personally.
I understand. Often words can be even more painful than violence but I think that suppression only makes things worse.
We should all heed that advice myself included:)