I don't think there was much tobacco about in the Middle Ages, George, not outside America anyway.
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I don't like the term political correctness, and profer talking about avoiding term that are likely to be taken by people as insulting to them. But the crucial thing isn't the intent, it's also what you know people will take to be our intent. Which most of the time in the context of folk music means in practice, no need to worry much about self-censorship.

I don't think it is ever right to pretend the past was nicer than it was, even when it was pretty nasty.