Like Mary, I take things pretty much at face value here. And like Samantha, I agree that trolls are not to be feared. This is virtual reality and virtual irritants (unlike the real in-your-face under the bridge kind) are so, so easy to ignore. I love the music discussions here, like the thread on Arlo G.'s City of N.O. story, and I have gotten valuable chord/lyric help at times, have even (on the rare occasion) been able to offer it. The rest I tend to skip over. If others wish to endlessly discuss politics, or anything else unmusical, that is OK with me, because I don't have to participate unless I want to.

As to the whole group unconscious/group shadow thing, I have no input, maybe because I'm not very group oriented. But I am glad, Samantha, that you posted. Your comments, tho not "musical," are about this site and therefore very appropriate subject matter, it seems to me.