Really good discussion. Mbo, don't feel bad, we all get corrected for mistakes sometimes. What we need to feel bad about is not seeing when our behavior should change.

I truly had not thought much about the idea of using the word 'Nazi' as has been pointed out here. I've heard it and not really reacted. My apologies. As so many of you have pointed out, it does hurt and silence often implies consent.

However, I certainly do react with distress to the rise of the Neo-Nazi movement around the world. It is simply incomprehensible to me that such evil can be welcomed by anyone, and I for one do find it extremely difficult to love those that hold these views, (or even to laugh at them--I tend to feel sick), so I think I will have to hold back on that for now. I realize that anger only feeds them, so I try to express love for that which they hate, and am getting more bold in expressing my disagreement with the 'Take Back Vermont-ers'.

But Thomas, music is so much more than entertainment. It is powerful--particularly folk music, because it is our voice. This is not just PC, because we have all this history where we've been working out these problems, but what we write now has power to express our new ideas.

Thank you all-and my response to the Guest is "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it." This doesn't mean we are stuck there, Just that we DON'T forget.

Cami Su