Again, my thanks to those who provided a thoughtful reply to my posting.

To clarify, though, I was not really trying to pick on "Michael Row The Boat Ashore." I have been thinking about this issue for some time and used that song as an example because I was reminded of it when someone made a comment about it in another thread.

I've been lurking on Mudcat for a couple of weeks before starting to post and I've seen a lot of very nasty stuff here. I was just trying to start an interesting discussion, but certain people had to be nasty or turn it into a joke. It's sad to me that some Mudcats won't tolerate an intelligent discussion