Not strange Steve. Just trying to promote respect online. Because it's just too easy for people to behave in a way that they probably would not face to face. You can go anywhere online and find that sort of negativity. If Mudcat were a site where that didn't go on then it would different, special.

Sure, you could probably clean it up by simply eliminating the BS threads and I might have thought that would be a good idea if I hadn't had this wonderful professor. He taught us that the political elites want us to disengage from politics and one of the ways they do this is promote the idea that art, music are separate from politics whereas in reality they are related. Folk music in particular has a strong tradition of political engagement. My old prof is a big time folk music lover himself.

It's a good to be engaged, it's good for free speech, good for democracy, but all this hacking away back and forth with no attempt to find common ground? We can do better than that. Maybe you're a tough one and nothing offends you, even so I think it's better if we treat others as we would want to be treated. That's the secret Steve. That's how people end up liking one another. On that silly kid's video I posted, there were comments below and the first one said:

"But remember kids, you can always bite your enemies."

Yup, there's always that.

You're aces McGrath, keep up the good work.