It's a heck of a long jump from enthusiasm - an entirely admirable quality, I'd have thought - to , isn't it Suibhne?

I afraid I just don't meet these people who "crave definition and pedantic absolutes" except in the context of discussions in which definitions of some kind are necessary to understand what the other fellow is on about. Folk clubs have always seemed to me to be some of the most musically inclusive venues anywhere - wasn't that what you were saying not so long ago?

And the reason for the endless "What is Folk?" discussions is that people keep asking the question (often with mischievous motives), not because your "true believers" start them.

Oh oh, getting sucked in here. Better go and re-seal the bath.