"Not by people obsessed with a style of folk music which alienates 98% of the folk in this country."

WLD there's a curious subtext here ie. that we who like trad. songs, in a trad. style, or 'purists' - call us what you will, are, in some way, engaged in oppressing the majority. Surely it would be more accurate to say that it is we who are oppressed by the 'alienated' 98% (most of whom probably wouldn't know what a trad. song was if they tripped over it and wouldn't take the time or trouble to listen to one even if it was beamed directly into their i-Pods).
I wouldn't have taken you, WLD, to be one of those people who believes in discriminating against minorities ... or do you really want to eliminate us?