One of the thing that impresses me most of the time about the Mudcat is the extent to which, when a disagreement arises, people try to understand what the other person is saying, and explore where the differences are, without being sarcastic and trailing their coat and trying to pick a fight.

If we can succeed in doing that when we are talking about the Irish troubles, and in spite of everything, most of the time we do, than I think we owe it to each other when we are talking about whether a song is racist or whether a singer is racist.