The special thing about the Mudcat is that it provides a place where you can have arguments with people, but knowing that behind the disagreements there is a shared love of the music.

That can help keep disagreements on a relatively level keel. Not always. but compared to other forums, which are liable to be either vicious, or moderated into somnolence. That shared love of the music makes all the difference.

I note that Sawzaw seems never to have made made a single post to the musical side of the forum, under that name anyway. I'm not in the least surprised.