An opinion from a senior member.

It ain't your call as to the subject matter. You are ignoring what gave this place the life it has to begin with. There are plenty of dried up old music forums out there. Usually they end up with the purists ridiculing those that aren't. They are boring and they come and go. If you need that, go find one.

Mudcat is a community. It is marked by an amazing willingness to help one another. It has many scholarly types who check in on a regular basis. It has a section for the discussion of all the nuts and bolts, good and bad, that mark any community. One has the ability to not participate, or participate, in any and all of it. It has a group of volunteers of various opinions that help to run it. And it has been successful.

One premise that I think is erroneous in this discussion. Folks state that the Mudcat isn't as friendly as it was. Horse pucky. We still have the same group of folks that we have minus a few. But we also have some that want the Mudcat to be what they want. Ain't your choice, guys. The Mudcat Maker (Max) has decreed what it is. The same rule applies as in the threads. If you don't like it, don't come. Simple as that.

For Martin Gibson to try and convince us that he is only defending himself is ridiculous. You came in here, first as a GUEST, and immediately began to tell us all what idiots we are. Then when people reacted to you, you take umbrage and use it for an excuse to be disruptive as you can be. You are not the first that has used this, but I would ban you in a hot second were it my choice.

Finally, the Mudcat is what we make it. I admit to getting caught up in this stuff from time to time. We are, after all, human. But the one thing that is different from the early days is respect. It is the ability to disagree without being disagreeable. That is in our hands, not Max's or some administrator.

The Mudcat doesn't have a problem, we do.

Mick