I've actually been here a long time (Joe will know who I am from my IP) but have changed my Mudcat name due to some of the issues referred to above.

I came and continue to come to this forum for the wealth of information it and its members have, and for the constructive and good-natured discussions on a wide variety of topics (not always just music) which I try to contribute to in a constructive way.

Like Joe, I am absolutely fed up by the bickering and nastiness here. In a sense, I've seen the same thing happen in my professional area and in the world in general so it's hardly surprising as Mudcat is a microcosm of the outside world. But I continue to come back because there are some very good and generous people here. I will just avoid those that aren't in the future.

I'm against censorship in general and, unlike Roger, don't have a problem with the hard calls and decisions Joe has to make under sometimes difficult circumstances.

Aaron