Big Mick, Spaw et al--

I yield to no person in my admiration for the Irish---I can think of no island nor country of comparable size that has produced so much marvelous music.

I DO object, however, to what appears to me to be rude, insulting and hysterical attempts to squash any dissenting voices. If you don't like Conrad, fine. That doesn't mean that an initial posting like this one should provoke the flood of abuse that followed.

If Conrad (or anyone else) is puhing your buttons, maybe your buttons are to sensitive.