The Mudcatter you flame today may be hosting the next Mudcat Gathering you want to attend....

Or he may be the person camped next to you at a folk festival.

We folkies are a bit of an insular bunch and the likelihood of any two of us actually meeting in 3D is far greater than many of us think. I've only met a handful of other Mudcatters but one of them is someone with whom I disagree profoundly when it comes to politics. I'm glad that we've always kept our disagreements here civilized enough that we've been able to be cordial in real life.