Owen and Ralph - a forum in another place may or may not be possible or desirable (they're free and easy to set up but hard to keep spam-free, never mind keeping out the flame-throwers).

But a forum elsewhere won't stop the topic cropping up here ALL the time - and Mudcat will always get far more traffic than any FaF-controlled site.

So FaF supporters will always have to keep an eye on here, and react as required. No point in spreading the workload too wide.

Taconicus. Every opinion is political. Even moderate middle ground views are political. Nothing wrong with that. In this situation moderate political views are being expressed to counteract some extreme political views. That's not "Political use of folk music for me, but not for thee," it's just opinions.