Dave, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I think Joe and Max are doing a terrific job and I can't think of anywhere else that free speech and expression can take place as well as here.
I like to think of it, instead of internet anarchy, as a place where honest sharing of information can take place either musically or otherwise.

Kendall's grand daughter is delightfully honest.   And this is the nature of discussion that we get quite a lot on Mudcat. Statements like "you don't know what you're talking about" or "you're full of shit" etc. Even despite these brickbats, in the long run it isn't any individual who will determine what is "right" but we have to leave that for history to unfold.

I reserve the right to have an opinion which others may not agree with but I try to explain it in a way that doesn't require me to be "right" in a discussion. I have the humility to accept that I can be very wrong about certain issues but I also feel it's incumbent on those who don't agree with me to show me conclusively why this is true. Actually I relish intelligent criticism so that I might rethink my various positions on things.