OK "mindblaster" songs are songs, they tell a story - whether its right or wrong whether you believe in it or not - there are whaling songs which bring a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye but I would as soon as support whaling as I would stick pins in my eyeballs never mind actually go on a whaling trip - one of my all time favourite Dubliners tracks is their live version of the Auld Orange Flute and I don't think anyone could call them Loyalists do you? Of course they did a mighty Salonika too - and yes it is wrong to glorify the deeds of muderers but surely it is right to tell the story of our collective past rather than limiting us only to the stories of those who did the "right" thing or were on the winning side or the acceptable side - and who were those people by the way? Don't just stop with attacking the folkies are you going to tell Bono to stop singing Sunday Bloody Sunday?