you despise anyone professional enough to make a living out of music - some kind of sell out, a moral failure- except of course for your heroes who once let you buy them a drink.

Read through the thread again Al - that is not the general sentiment. It's what's appropriate for the individual and everything in its place, and many people have spoken to that effect.

Still, if you go through life with a big enough chip on your shoulder, someone will always knock it off - even if by accident.