Ah Pooka, my hat is in deed off to you and I see we agree on a number of things, so, niether of us in a pigion holed thinker. I am glad you see the danger to basic rights these times have brought about, I just wish you saw the war in the same light, but well, that is what makes horse races eh?
As to this being moved to the BS threads... Joe no offence, but it shows the sorry state of American free thought. This is very much a music thread... as a working New York folk musician who just had a gig canciled a few hours after I was booked, because of fear of my advocacy for Lynne Stewart... the statements of folk musicians in the new McCarthy age IS not abstract political talk, it is about our music industry... Joe, think about moving this back where it belongs. But, of course, it is your call.
Cheers
Larry