As a relative newcomer here, I really have to add that I have found lots of the BS threads absorbing. One of the things that attracted me to folk music in the first place was the classless and eclectic bunch of people one invariably found in folk clubs. I can think of no other musical sphere which attracts such a group of non-judgemental, warm and humourous people and this shows clearly in the BS threads. Surely where one makes music, one should bring to it all facets of your own values, experience and personality and if those facets show up more clearly in the BS threads, isn't that to be expected and welcomed?