As far as I'm concerned guests who are new to Mudcat should refrain from starting non-music related threads until they learn about the place. It seems a fair amount of our true crap around here is created by people who drop in and vomit their political or social agenda all over the place and then leave.

Remindes me of the way my church used ot have questions after the sermon. Someone new would get up ever few weeks and start rambling on about a subject that they were concerned about, but which had little or nothing to do with the subject at hand. Because everyone else is polite, we would let them go on, they would eventually stop and we would get back to the topic at hand.


And Shambles - I respect you a great deal but you and others who have issues with deleted posts and such around here never seem to answer the question I have asked numerous times: Why do you think that a privately funded and managed forum like the Mudcat has to be a home for every comment? This is not the Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, It's not a street corner in my city of Orlando, where I can go and say whatever I wish to say. That the owners/managers allow ANY debate on this site is up to them. I have a rather popular website and do not have a public forum because I don't want public discussion. I still get numerous emails with people making suggestions, 99.9% of which I totally ignore, because it's my website and I know what I want on it.

Max, etal, have clearly decided what they want, and while it might change occasionally (even if is changes minute to minute) that's their perogative. We are using the Mudcat only because they are letting us do so. There is no "right" involved. Those websites I've visited that are not to my liking, don't get a repeat visit. Sometimes I share with the hosts why I don't like the site (which IS my and your right) but they can ignore me.