Is making condescending and somewhat hateful remarks about others part of their new civilized code? Or is that Ian Anderson's personal version?

I would suggest the latter.....The general tone of uk.music.folk has become a lot more friendly since 'the editor' gave up trying to edit everyone there as well as his 'magazine' and left there in a huff. Sad to see that he is now exercising his online influence at this BBC site.

Setting this 'snide' and judgemental example is one that seems to be a lot easier for people to follow online - than setting a more positive and tolerant example.