PatriciaH, with the best will in the world, would you wish to have someone banned just for posting a flippant reply to your canal post? It has to be stated and restated, this site is open to everybody in the WORLD. The best advice is not to post very personal threads that might be open to mischievous responses. Would you really ban someone just because they upset you specifically? I don't see you leaping on and helping to get rid of the handful of really really evil posters on here. No names.
My best wishes to you, but fairness is fairness.