Soph, regarding the folk argument, I'm inclined to agree with you. Music may be a part of a discussion thread, may even have started it, but its presence isn't necessary to the discussion in many cases and justifying BS with a musical reference or saying that its all about music is ludicrous. So what though?

While we're picking the thing apart, ther are a few other arguments that might be equally addressed.

"Too much BS"---Yeah, so what? There are always a lot of music threads going and plenty of ways to track them if that's a problem.

"This is a folk and blues site."---Yeah, so what? It doesn't say its ONLY a folk and blues site. We can't even define the terms anyway. We were all brought here by the music, but many have found other things to talk about. If you can get Max to change the title to ONLY, I'll be happy to shut up.

"Some people are just in love with their own words."---Yeah, so what? Some people post a lot, some don't. I can't help but notice that generally everyone gets a say if they want it. I get ignored a lot too. So what? Is someone's thoughts more worthwhile because they post less or more?

"The BS is running people off."---I can never understand this one. As long as the BS is confined to the BS thread, so what? If you don't want to BS, don't open the thread. A lot of new folks have liked the BS and has made them feel comfortable here. I wonder how many have been run-off by the constant bickering and the attacks by some of the "We HATE BS" contingent? If you hate BS, don't get involved. But I'll tell you this...I've been ignored a lot more in the music threads than in the BS. But again, so what?

There are others, but those just kind of hit me at the moment. This isn't an attack on you Soph by any means. I have no idea how you feel on those other subjects and, as I said, I agree about the folk is everthing argument.

Spaw