Jim Carroll

,It was never my intention to deliberately insult you or anybody on this thread,

Really? Telling me that I am "championing or promoting bad singing" is offensive.

"It seems a totally lemming-like bloody-mindedness to me." is offensive.

Implying that The Lewes Arm Folk Club is overwhelmed by non-singers is smearing the reputation of a well respected folk club. That is offensive.

I am sure it was never your intention to deliberately distort my argument by suggesting that I was proposing 'auditions' at clubs.

I did not do so. As I understood it, you were saying that merely expressing the desire to sing was insufficient reason to give someone a floorspot before they had achieved the required standard. I was demonstrating the impossibility of finding that out by offering a list of patently impractical ways of doing it. Apparently I was mistaken and you actually believe that floor singers should be allowed to perform and only told afterwards that they aren't good enough and not to come back until they've improved. I think all of our residents would baulk at such ill-mannered behaviour.

You may believe that you understand my point of view, Jim, but you do not. All your responses are incompatible with any level of understanding.

As for your strange lady of forty years ago, it seems The Singers Club were following the same policy that you describe as crass and letting here sing just because she wanted to regardless of her abilities.

Goodbye Jim.