Thank you for your comment, Roy Kamisato. I am not suggesting that the Democratic Party dispense with its procedural rules. My personal preference is for enforcement of all of the rules, fairly, with respect to all members.

My point is we are spending excessive time and energy over a manini thing, the finger, instead of the big problems that prompted it, i.e., corruption and unfairness in the nominating process for the leader of our government. This complaint is a reflection of the fact that our attention is focused on the wrong things. Civility is nice. Fairness is better.