I would certainly agree that boring is subjective. I am interested in folk music and dance. If I start to talk about it in any depth to some others I can see their eyes glaze over. So, Stringsinger, in the spirit of "a position of logic persuasiveness", how do you propose we ensure that boring people are not allowed on Mudcat?

I disagree that logic persuasiveness is always the way. Take the following example. (Any similarity to persons real or imagined is strictly coincidental.)

Person A. "Group XYX are a bunch of perverts"
Person B. "No, I think you will find that you cannot categorise group XYZ just by the colour of their religion and that there are many in that group who lead good and perfectly normal lives"
Person A. "You are just being brainwashed by a communist plot to give XYZites more rights than us."
Person B. "There is no evidence of such a plot. You may feel that XYZites are getting a good deal but that is simply because they have been subjected to abuse in the past and we are now just giving them the same rights as the rest of us."
Person A. "There are studies that show that XYZites are perverts and you can't argue with statistics"
Person B. "Yes you can. Statistics on their own can be very misleading. There are often factors that are not taken into consideration and they are often commissioned by people who have a vested interest."
Person A. "If you are for XYZites you are supporting perverts."
Person B. "Good grief. Sorry, but there is no reasoning with you. You are just an XYZophobe."
Person A. "All you can do is resort to calling me names. I just presented the facts and you turned on me!"

Just who is slinging mud and who is trying to clean up the place here?

Sorry for the lengthy post.

DtG