"You mean you agree there is no problem in the real world. Might be me but I thought you had been suggesting otherwise..."

That's not what I'm saying at all. I endorse the idea of all approaches to the music living side by side. It's what happens in good clubs and festivals but around my neck of the woods it doesn't always happen. If you'd care to do me the courtesy of reading my posts instead of putting your own garbled interpretation of my words in my mouth, you'll see that what I have complained about is those people who seek to define and segregate the different strands of folk music instead of welcoming and celebrating its diversity. A "do what thou wilt" attitude would be much more beneficial to folk music.