Well, well.
I had been looking at this from a strictly business point of view.
vis. A customer gets upset and asks for their money back. What would I do? I've been quite clear as have about 50% of the people here that the most practical solution would be to refund and apologize. That's simply good business practice.
But now we have another element to the debate.
One of the players has decided to offer their twopence worth and I don't quite know what to make of that.
My mind hasn't changed at all about refunds, that's a no brainer nor do I think Sol would set this up as some kind of publicity for these guys although his total absence after starting this thread is a mystery to me.
What really has me curious about these entertainers has a lot more to do with what I don't see.
Compassion, I suppose. Empathy. The ability to look at your fellow human being and imagine what it must be like from their point of view.
Important attributes for any entertainer.
So here's a thing.
I am no fan of George Bush. That's fairly well known around here. As a matter of fact, I can't stand the guy but with 3.000 American soldiers dead I can't see any way on God's green earth that I would go to America and try to make a living singing anti Bush or ant war songs. For one, that would be earning a living from the war and I couldn't bring myself to do that but more importantly, sooner or later you are going to find yourself singing to a couple of grieving mothers.
And when that happens you'll be lucky if all they want is their money back