Richard, your post was about the only one in the deleted thread that actually talked about the subject of the discussion:

Subject: RE: Such pretentious bollocks at folk roots! From: Richard Bridge Date: 19 Oct 07 - 05:48 PM The music belongs to the folk. It is folklore. That is why it is what it is.   It does not belong to the yuppies, or the rugger-buggers, or the limited range of louts who frequent the terraces of association football. Nor, indeed the slappers and thugs for whom "urban music" is made. It comes from our roots.   We who play it generally seek to give life to a song as we feel it it.   What a shame if we are not as technically proficient as some holy Joes (or Joesses). Keep me out of my music at your peril. I am reminded of the pharisee who beat his breast and said "I thank thee Lord that I am not as other men are". Yes, there does seem to be some holier than thou crap over there and as soon as my disposable email address activates, I shall stir some shit. But I might not be me, if you get my drift.

The other thread started with a provocative title [Such pretentious bollocks at folk roots!] and a message from an unknown poster that contained only a link, http://froots.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2932&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15. The other four messages were a contentious discussion of the identity of the original poster and the propriety of his post and thread title.

I appreciate your attempt to move the discussion to the topic, but the thread was already dead by the first post. It just doesn't work to start a thread with just a link - and the same goes for people who start YouTube threads with no comment (and sometimes not even a mention that the link leads to YouTube). Especially in the first message of a thread, people need to say something in their own words to start off the discussion.

-Joe Offer-