I've read such posts from Amos for ages, Volgadon, and I think it's you who is misunderstanding things...perhaps I should have put an ! mark in my response above.
Ralphie - I've placed in a few NE folk-festival competitions (see here if you wish), where they don't have to award places, but do sometimes give feedback forms, which I've read and kept - much more positive than your opinion. But if you don't want me at your folk-club because my music makes you "violently sick" no less, perhaps you should say which one it is.