Oh, shit. I see this has turned into another one of "those" threads. I get all sorts of dramatic complaints about so-and-so being an attention-seeker and how so-and-so is singlehandedly ruining folk music in all of England, destroying EFDSS, and burning down the Cecil Sharp House.

I know I've done English folk music a horrible disservice by failing to silence said attention-seeker. But I'm not likely to change my mind. Max says you can try to convince him, if you like. I follow precedent; and I see no precedent for silencing somebody, simply for being obnoxious. Max sets the precedent, so maybe you should try to change his mind.

But did it ever occur to you that perhaps the best way to deal with an attention-seeker, is not to give any attention to the person seeking it? I will admit that Everybody's Favorite Attention-Seeker does go overboard quite regularly, but there's really no serious problem until the usual people get all hysterical about the Attention-Seeker's comments. It's the hysteria that amplifies those comments into something damaging.

It's not one crazy individual that gives people such a negative impression of the English folk community - it's the lynch-mob mentality that so often prevails among a number of UK folkies.

In other words, why get in a tizzy over Lizzy? She's just one person.


-Joe-