Well, Fair One, that is because the 'Catters with Republican sympathies usually don't accompany their posts in those threads by pointing out that the Loyalists are "thugs", "terrorists" and other such inflammatory rhetoric. If you will go back to that Clicky I gave you you will see that we treated the subject with much more respect than those among us who comment on the Republican songs. And as badly as I want to suck up with you whom I pursue relentlessly across cyber hill and dale, I will point out once more, that to take the politics out of Irish music is to cut out a vital part of its body. The songs of the Unionist and the Republican are a vital part of the culture and must be preserved. Hence the politic that spawns them is as well. That makes it fair game for discussion here. If you will re-read, you will note that all I have ever asked on the issue is that we refrain from flaming. But if one insists on it, then we will go there. I will never allow one sided discussion to go unchallenged on this subject. The English have had it that way for too long as it pertains to the country of my Grandparents.

All the best, and with all respect,

Big Mick