Captain Ginger, that link takes me directly to a balanced, thoughtful and courteous post from Mikefule so I'm not sure what point your making. I took part in that thread, mainly to refute Folkiedave's claim that modern folk clubs were entirely populated by teenage diary singers.

There was quite a lot of the usual rubbish on there from people of the "I never go to folk clubs because ...." persuasion. It seems to be quite common. You, Nigel and Diane boast of rarely if ever going to folk clubs and feel that this gives you the authority to condemn them.

You know, I think we can manage without you.