Amos, I'm not sure where you are coming from here or what you are suggesting. I am not under the impression that we are a group of war mongers. I have even acknowledged that 9/11 was exceptional - beleive me it shook me so badly I couldn't even attempt to get any remotely coherant thoughts on the subject together. I do, as others have done still question the need for the number of threads though.

Are you perahps missunderstanding my comment to Peter T which was a genuine OBSERVATION (in response to "I also cannot see how anyone can separate, especially in blues and folk music, "serious" music from "serious" concerns about life and death") as to what had happened in other folk groups I read and thinking that mean't I was suggesting no such discussion should take place here?

Re the number of threads on Sprituals I see it as part of a constructive music related project?

Seeing as you brought it up: Re balance of threads, I believe the thread count gives a distorted picture if you are looking to assess the music/non music post situation. I only tried a count of posts once. A majority for music in a thread count was easily overturned.

Jon