INSIDE THE BENIGN BC (USA) A SEEMINGLY SECRET CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE...........

-  Is it safe to talk here ?
-  God only knows...... walls in this place have ears.....
-  You see , I 'm beginning to have doubts about the committee's wisdom in ruthlessly pursuing  
    this insane sub-zero tolerance policy 
-  Why's that ?
-  Well , the other night the director had to deal with 45 table incidents .....but what was even
    more alarming was the fact that 31 other people wanted him to deal with the same bunch of 
    out-of-order opponents.........only to be told to put down their complaints in writing 
-  And what were these complaints all about ?
-  Oh...the usual things .....coughing into their hands and not their handkerchiefs.......speaking 
   out of turn.....moving bridgemates across the table without the keeper's permission........ 
   cracking jokes........making harmless jibes..... failing to greet opponents with a warm smile an
   and hello     
-  My God......whatever next
-  Yes....this business of having to call directors over , simply because players have been 
    encouraged to spill the beans , has turned this place into one massive hell-hole.....where
    nobody dare say anything..........not even boo to a goose. Why can't members be allowed to
    take the initiative and call a spade a spade.......or a cheat a cheat ?     
-  Well, the policy makes sense to me because members mustn't be allowed to let altercations 
    escalate in full blown shouting matches
-  Boy....you just don't get it....this damn policy is turning members into snitches . informers , 
   stool-pigeons , tell-tale betrayers .......as well as moulding them into compliant , pretentiously  
   nice , ever-so-creepy , obsequious, personality dead robots
-  DI... RECT...TOR.....DIRECTOR......COME QUICKLY.......THIS MAN HAS JUST INSULTED 
   ME AND EVERYONE ELSE