"In my opinion, Geoff Berner was out-of-line in his protest."

What, he's not entitled to voice his opinion, or comment humorously on his surroundings on stage, because VW doesn't use a swastika as their emblem?

And M Ted, yes I got your satirical context (though I seriously doubt that anything that happened at a folk festival in the US--that didn't involve celebrity cannabalism--could get anyone onto network TV). The debate is pretty tame, but maybe that's because this is pretty minor stuff. The original discussion on Maplepost, as referenced by the original post, is similarly tame. It's just not that big a freakin deal, although some corporate apologists would like to keep it going. And come on, 10-15,000 is a nice chunk of change but a damn tiny fragment of the budget of this huge festival. It gets you a mainstage logo? I don't mind corporations kicking in money for festivals but the back page of the program is the place for their logos.

Well, back to makin music, I say.
W-O