"I have recently lost a good group of folk musician friends for simply defending my own particular values and philosophies."

Quelle surprise!!

Here's a little truism for you to ponder, Conrad. If you go around calling people "despicable leeches," it's not at all surprising that you got a boot up your backside, sending you ass over teakettle down the front steps, followed by sound of the door slamming behind you.

Don Firth