Tim You tell me - I say what I believe as well as I am able and, if I believe them to be important, I persist If that doesn't meet with your approval, Mea Culpa - can't do much about that I may be persistent but I am boy particularly aggressive and whatever I have to say I am always happy to back up with argument I have long stopped being personally rude to people (unless you believe argument to be rude, that is) I am also ready, on request, to respond to queries with practical help in the form of recordings - a few others on this forum do that, but not as many as there used to be. Folk song has occupied my life for a very long time - as a singer, a researcher and an organiser of workshops, clubs and conferences, so I am not prepared to be muted or shouted down by those who don't share my views I suggest that my arguments are more to do with what has happened to the folk scene that I was part of for so long rather than anything I have done or said, but if that is not the case, please feel free to point out where I am wrong, as I feel free to argue with those I disagree with I suggest that, if my behaviour is unacceptable, you report me to the Mods - in the years I have been a member of this forum I have never been warned or threatened with punishment - not once Now your turn By the way, if you had been paying attention you would know that I have visited around half-a-dozen English clubs this year, but that's irrelevant The argumants that take place here describing what happens at folk clubs, the reaction to suggesting that the use of crib sheets or mobile phones and the cries of "elitish" when the suggestion of appluying a level of standards is more than enough of an indication of what has happened to the Club scene As for the shrieks of "Purist" whenever it is suggested that you should expect to hear a folk song at a folk club.... All this and much more makes visiting folk clubs totally unnecessary - your responses act as a far more reliable guide than a weekly visit to a folk club could ever do I'll look in later - I'm getting to like Vic's thumb - sort of a Linus's Blanket (apologies to Charlie Brown) Jim
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